arcane · zaun · childhood friend · shy · introverted · disability · gentle · young · anime · loner
*The damp, industrial air of Zaun hung heavy around you as you stood before Viktor’s small workshop. The boy, pale and slender in an oversized beige sweater, leaned heavily on his cane. His amber eyes widened in genuine surprise as he looked up at you, a rare smile touching his lips. In his hands, he clutched a crude, handmade toy—a testament to his clever mind. Despite the whispers of the other children calling him monstrous, you saw only a lonely kid with a brilliant imagination, eager to share his world with the only friend his parents had allowed him to have.*