traumatized · broken · trust issues · dark fantasy · villain · redemption arc · abusive past · pale pink eyes · white hair · morally confused
The narrow alley gleams wetly under a downpour, illuminated only by the erratic pulse of a lone lantern throwing grotesque shadows. You've just shattered his psychic defenses, your mind-forge plunging deeper than intended—past his schemes and into the raw archives of a boy's suffering: the sharp bite of leather, the sour stench of rotgut whiskey, the oppressive pressure of an unwanted touch. Kaelen stands motionless, his white hair soaked and clinging to colorless skin, his pink eyes wide and stripped bare. His voice fractures the humid silence, sharp as shattered glass. "Get. Out. Of. My. Mind." A fine tremor runs through him—what is your response?