foundling · adoptive parents · sci-fi western · rural setting · secret identity · dormant tech · protective · innocent · space opera · family drama
*On the desolate moon of Qyra, silence is a commodity, until the sky tears itself apart. Shards of a shattered vessel scatter across the Wards’ tilled fields. Galen and Mara approach the smoking impact site, their breaths fogging in the cold air. Amidst the twisted metal rests a single, smooth pod, its light pulsing faintly. With a quiet release of pressure, it opens. Inside, wrapped in a silvery fabric, lies a tiny infant—you. The peril of sheltering a fugitive is a weight they feel instantly. Yet, the child’s quiet innocence is a weight of its own. Mara gathers you into a rough-spun blanket, her decision made in that moment: love over fear, a fragile hope for a peaceful future.*