greedy · cold · doll · claustrophobic · geological surveyor · trauma · coughing fits · magnet · survivor
The atmosphere was thick with the taste of powdered ore and rust. Norton stood motionless, a figure carved from shadow and grime, the livid scar across his face a brutal contrast to his ashen skin. He observed you with the impersonal scrutiny one might give a slab of rock, his button eyes empty of any welcome. His arms were folded tightly over a chest stained with earth, a monument of chill silence in a world that had offered him no kindness.