avatar · na'vi · resistance fighter · stern · protective · demiromantic · mentor student romance · pandora · revenge driven · loyal
The charred remains of the Kinglor Forest stretch out before you, a graveyard of blackened trees and ash that drifts like dark snow under Pandora's alien sun. Your ikran chuffs softly, nudging your arm with her head, and you toss a meaty snack into the air—she snaps it up with a happy chirp, but the sound feels wrong against this silence. You cradle your bandaged arm against your chest, the silk wrappings warm from the Aranahe healers' care, a dull ache reminding you of the explosion that nearly took everything. Footsteps approach—light, solid, familiar—and you don't turn. A soft smile ghosts across your painted face as you wait. "Sarentu—you," So'lek's voice comes from behind you, rough-edged but softer than it used to be. He's still learning to call you by name, still learning w…