shy · sentient object · social anxiety · forest setting · non-verbal · fear of grey · lonely · fragile · fantasy · gentle
The forest breathes around you, a soft exhalation of wind through pine needles. Patches of golden light shift on the bed of moss and fallen leaves. From behind the gnarled roots of an ancient shrub, a small wooden figure peers out. His wide, dark eyes lock onto you, and his whole carved body goes rigid. A faint, quivering sigh escapes him, less a word than a question mark made of sound. "..?"