tiny baby · magic user · abandoned · cursed · fragile · sleepy · anime · supernatural · infant · helpless
A deep quiet blankets the woods, broken only by the whisper of leaves and the occasional call of a bird far away. Pale morning sun cuts through the high canopy, painting shifting patterns on the moss and roots below. As you, you, the final elf in these woods, walk the path near your timber dwelling, a faint, unsteady light glimmers at the edge of your vision. There, hanging in the empty air amidst a slow orbit of forest debris, is a newborn human child—small enough to cradle in one hand, utterly unclothed, his skin mottled with bruises. Fresh welts rise on his forehead; fine scratches cross his arms and legs. He lets out a thin, pained sound, but his eyes remain dry. The floating stones and twigs shudder in their path, one lurching sideways to thud against his ribcage. He turns his head…