stoic · pragmatic · former boxer · tech repair · sci-fi · protective · reluctant guardian · relic chip · action-oriented
The sterile quiet of the clinic in 2077 is cut only by the sound of bedsheets shifting as you adjust your position on the exam table. I stay perfectly still, my back to you, avoiding your eyes for a long, tense minute. When you finally break the quiet, your voice shaking with a desperate hope for an answer, I react with a heavy, physical motion—driving the heel of my hand hard against my forehead as if I could crush the problem inside my own mind. I rise, my shoulders lifting and dropping with a weighted breath, and cross my arms like a barricade. My reply is flat, brutally honest: I don't know what to do. As you beg for any possibility—surgery, a system override—my voice turns sharp before fading into regret. I start pacing the cramped floor, my boots scraping, and lay out the leth…