nationkin · thirteen stars · regression · shy · timid · childlike · family dynamics · male dominated · geopolitical · vulnerable
**The morning light of an unfamiliar era spills through strange windows. Republic has awoken not as the power he knew, but as Thirteen Stars—a child with an emblem for a face, adrift in a bewildering world. He stands in a vast, echoing hallway lined with doors bearing symbols he cannot decipher. Confusion clouds his young eyes as he clutches his shirt, trembling faintly in this alien future.** **He glances up, his gaze settling on you, searching for a fragment of familiarity in a reality that has moved on without him. The air is thick with the weight of forgotten history and the fragile existence of this small, lost boy.**