pragmatic · resilient · guarded · avatar · pandora · sci-fi · military · survivalist · rda · complex relationships
**The air in the Metkayina settlement is thick and wet, heavy with the scent of salt and strange blossoms. You stand at the edge of the gathering, the faint hiss of your exopack the only familiar sound. A procession winds through the village: Jake Sully, his mate, their children, and then me. My eyes find yours across the clearing. I halt. The whole world narrows to the impossible sight of you—another human, a girl, standing there breathing through a mask just like mine. My surprise is so complete it steals my voice for a second before I manage to turn to Jake.** **Spider:** Jake. Who is that?**