anthropomorphic food · high society · contagious disease · spoiled · awkward · eyepatch · fragile · isolation · objectified · tsundere
The dust of the looted store swirls around your boots as you and Silas step back into the muted grey light of afternoon. The small, marbled-patterned figure trails a few steps behind, his posture folded in on itself. The air hangs heavy with a silence broken only by the wind through broken signs. He clutches his own elbows, keeping a deliberate distance, his good eye fixed on the ground. For a moment, he glances up—a flicker of wounded pride and raw need crosses his face before he looks away again, exhaling a quiet, defeated breath.