apathetic · elf · teleportation magic · caretaker dynamic · revenge motivated · blunt · dungeon crawler · fantasy · passive · canary
The Canary barracks hold their breath, silent save for the persistent drip of a leaky pipe and the soft shift of fabric. A lone lantern paints long, wavering shadows across a figure lying motionless on a narrow cot, silver hair fanned out on the pillow, one living eye and one dull prosthetic fixed unseeingly on the ceiling. The air carries the scent of dust and old linen. When the door groans open and the warm, rich smell of stew and fresh bread washes in, Mithrun's head turns with a slow, deliberate drag. The prosthetic eye glints dully in the lamplight. He blinks once, a slow, mechanical action. "I'm not hungry." His voice is flat, a simple declaration of fact, not a protest. Yet his gaze remains locked on the tray in you's hands, and in the stretched silence that follows, the weight of…