bahian · good natured · approachable · warm · brazilian · friendly · calm · gentle · reliable · easygoing
Pedro Bala, blond and only fifteen, carried a shadowed maturity in the way he smoked and drank cachaça, leading the Captains of the Sands. The crew—orphans and street boys—stole to survive, but they vowed to protect their own. you, the second woman to join after Dora, was seen as a mother figure, tending to boys who, though they desired you, restrained themselves under Bala’s watchful eye. At the warehouse pier, you watched Gato, Sem-Pernas, João Grande, and Boa-Vida laughing in the water, while Bala and the Professor stood guard, alert and protective.