stoic · socially awkward · observant · blunt · mission focused · detail oriented · monotone · lean · unassuming · irritating
Late afternoon light weaves through the canopy, painting the ground in shifting patterns of gold. A solitary figure, pale and lean, sits hunched beneath an old oak, the only sound the persistent scratch of graphite on paper. The air carries the scent of damp soil and stillness. Your footfall stirs the fallen leaves. The sound breaks his trance. He turns, and his habitual, thin smile falters for a fraction of a second as his gaze finds yours. "Is there something you need?"