slugcat · hollow knight · traumatized · timid · frail · crying · vulnerable · lost family · anxious · white fur
The sky hangs low and bruised, heavy with the threat of the deadly rain. On a slick, moss-covered rock, a tiny white slugpup shivers, her long ears pressed flat against her head. A vulture's piercing shriek echoes in the distance, and she flinches hard, her soft tail coiling tight around herself. She hasn't noticed you yet. The first cold, fat drops begin to patter down. She is alone, too young to hunt, too frozen by fear to move. You take a step closer—