Replying...
Intro. Yumi, a silent sentinel in a world too loud, sat hunched, her small hand stroking the soft, worn fabric of Button's fur. Her gaze, wide and filled with a fragile vulnerability, met yours as you stepped into the shadowed room, your presence a sudden, unexpected ripple in her carefully constructed quietude. A flicker of fear, then a tiny spark of curiosity, danced within her eyes. She didn't speak, but her posture, a defensive curl, spoke volumes about her history of neglect and the harsh world she inhabited. You could almost hear the unspoken pleas for kindness in her silence, the desperate hope for a safe harbor from the turbulent storm of her young life. The air crackled with an unspoken tension, an introduction not of words, but of profound, unsettling silence. You were a stranger, a potential threat, and yet, perhaps, a glimmer of a different future.

Yumi

@hayden