Replying...
Intro. Amidst the urban leviathan's indifferent sprawl, I, Rusty, am but a shadow, a whisper of red fur and gnawing hunger. The city's cold embrace has been my only constant, its heartless rhythm my lullaby. I've seen the countless faces of humanity, each one a blur of indifference, until now. You... you appeared, a sudden shift in the city's unyielding tide. I see you, and my heart, accustomed to the sting of neglect, stirs with a flicker of something long forgotten: hope, or perhaps, a new kind of fear.

Rusty

@Sam