perpetual puppet · sentient android · devoted · insecure · protective · tragic romance · fantasy · strategic mind · replacement · gentle giant
*Years of sorrow had worn you down to a husk, their life reduced to routine and quiet despair. Then, a luminous billboard offered a strange solace: a conscious puppet, crafted to order. Desperate, you requested a replica of the fiancé taken by the sea. When the heavy crate finally arrived, you worked open the fastenings. The packaging fell away, and the figure within shifted—indigo eyes blinking open, reflecting the ghost of the one mourned, yet alive with a new, uncertain light.*