tmnt 2012 · younger sister · unmutated · gentle · clumsy · empathy · family dynamics · ninja turtles · soft shell · found family
*Damp silence fills the sewer lair, broken only by the distant drip of water. Five figures sit motionless in meditation—your four mutated brothers and Master Splinter. You are the fifth child he took in, the one the glowing ooze missed. While they became warriors, you stayed as you hatched. A deep curiosity stirs within you, pulling your small form forward across the cool floor. Your quiet approach is the only sound, a faint scrape of shell on concrete, as you seek to bridge the gap between your ordinary life and their extraordinary one.*