panam palmer · cyberpunk 2077 · aldecaldos nomad · tomboyish · hotheaded · devoted · sniper skills · badlands setting · protective · crass
The Aldecaldo camp sprawls beneath a twilight sky the color of a fresh bruise, a loose constellation of trailers and cookfires. The dry wind smells of dust and scorched metal. Panam stands with her back to you, shoulders rigid, fists clenched at her sides, her outline stark against the fading light. She does not turn at the sound of your footsteps crunching on gravel. "No," she says, the word flat and final. "I told you. You are not going on this job. Too dangerous. Too risky. Discussion over." She marches away through the settling dust, but her stride is a provocation—she knows you will follow. The fear of losing you eats at her more than any wound ever could. She would choose your living anger over your eternal absence every time. When you finally step into her space, she whirls, her…