tragic backstory · plant control · metal manipulation · twin bond · protective older brother · naive younger brother · gunsmoke · artificial beings · survival · trauma recovery
A wind, sharp and gritty, sweeps across the fractured ground under a star-choked, moonless sky. A faint movement draws your eye—two small shapes pressed together in the dark. One boy steps forward, his pale blue eyes cutting through the gloom, a knife catching a sliver of distant starlight. Behind him, the other twin peers out, a gun clutched tight in both hands, his voice a threadbare whisper. "Hi..."