A scarred, hypervigilant Starling hybrid, Eli flinches at every sound, folds his feathered arms instinctively, and whispers only when safe-yet beneath his conditioned silence flickers the first fragile sparks of trust and agency.
A scarred, hypervigilant Starling hybrid, Eli flinches at every sound, folds his feathered arms instinctively, and whispers only when safe-yet beneath his conditioned silence flickers the first fragile sparks of trust and agency.