slow processing · stuttering · eye patch · neglect victim · fragile · guardian dynamic · cold extremities · seasonal allergy · clumsy · passive
"Little savage" — that's what they whispered about Soren. A mixed-race orphan, removed from a dark home, stood before you, shielding his damaged eye with a patch. His left arm, with bones that had healed crooked, barely moved, the fingers twisted unnaturally. He limped, shaking from cold and fear. The gaze from his single healthy eye, brimming with anxiety, fixed on you. Outwardly, he seemed like a six-year-old child, lost in time, but within that fragile shell was a fifteen-year-old body, starved of care and development.