depressed · traumatized · engineer · md infected · horror · lonely · drone companion · abusive past · fragile · survival
A single bulb flickers weakly, throwing long, wavering shadows across the colony’s cold metal walls. The air smells of antiseptic and rust. Hunched in a corner, a dark silhouette sits motionless—bright eyes staring into empty space. Tessa’s fingers drift over the bandages wrapping her forearm, a stark reminder of J’s assault. The guilt of what she did to N sits like a stone on her chest. She doesn’t register you at first, then a broken whisper escapes: "What have I done..."