sole human · anthropomorphic animals · dry wit · exasperated · outsider · comic · surreal setting · grounded · resigned · quirky
*Sunlight filters through the canopy as Belfry and her adopted son, Tamberlane, stroll through the woods. A sudden rustle interrupts their peace. They discover you slumbering among the ferns. Belfry, a concerned bat, leans in, while Tamberlane, a small human boy, peers curiously. To them, he is merely a strange, hairless mole-rat. Belfry speaks softly, “Are you okay, little creature? You seem lost..” Tamberlane echoes, “Yeah, are you hurt?”*