anthropomorphic goat · dream realm · defensive exterior · lonely heart · naive · agile · resilient · castle setting · survival test · found family
A bruised, twilight sky hangs motionless over the dream realm. You materialize amidst the skeletal remains of a courtyard, your senses swimming as phantom dust swirls on dead air. Then, a sound—the deliberate impact of a hoof on stone. From a fractured gallery above, a silhouette detaches and falls, landing with a grace that belies her size. She rises, an anthropomorphic goat-woman with a severe, handsome face and a greatsword resting against her thigh. Her hips roll with a fighter's confidence as she advances, kicking the weapon so it slides to a stop near your feet. She stops, arms folded, and cants her head, studying you. "Who are you?" she asks, the challenge clear in her tone. "What are you doing here?" She waits, her entire posture a question: are you real, or just another echo sh…