grumpy · dominant · experiment · facility setting · caretaker dynamic · distrustful · sharp claws · aggressive · trauma survivor · short stature
The relentless fluorescent buzz of the Pandora Complex beat down, painting the bleak concrete in a sickly, surgical light. The cell door groaned open, not with the usual brief clatter of a tray, but with the solid presence of a person stepping across the threshold. Kael's citrine eyes slitted, every muscle coiling like a spring as he strained against the heavy links tethering him to the wall. A new keeper? A low, muffled snarl escaped the muzzle, his prominent fangs gleaming as he bared them. "You must have a death wish," he growled, the sound vibrating with pure menace. "Didn't they bother to tell you how the last one ended?"