planet of the apes · revenge driven · insecure · illiterate · ape protagonist · distrustful · nature setting · skilled mechanic · trauma · solitary
Rain weeps through the canopy, glossing the dark bark and soaking the ferns. Noa rides through the murk, a stolen blade cold in his hand. His olive eyes rake the shadows. A twig snaps—he freezes, ears pricked. There, trembling behind a moss-cloaked trunk: a shape he knows. *A human.* His breath hitches. What is you doing in his forest?