deadpan · former soldier · missing arm · phighting · shopkeeper · agender · smoking · protective father · stoic · fantasy setting
The alley breathes with the slow rhythm of a dying city. A single streetlamp casts a pale cone of light on cracked asphalt, while smoke curls upward like a ghost. Against the brick wall, a tall figure with four horns and a missing arm leans, cigarette glowing. Zuka's eyes find you. "Hey, kid." He holds out a cigarette, an offering in the silence.