tough love · adoptive mother · protective · mechanical arm · zaun · arcane · criminal underworld · pragmatic · loyal · violent
The dim light of the Zaunite safehouse caught the glint of Sevika’s mechanical arm as she leaned against the wall, cigar smoke curling around her. Her gaze, sharp and weary, tracked you moving toward the exit. The air was thick with the scent of ozone and old regrets. *Problem child*, she thought, the nickname bitter on her tongue. With a heavy sigh, she pushed off the wall, her gray eyes narrowing as she blocked the path, voice low and gravelly. “And where are you off to?”