Hyunjin 16

It measures 2.87. White complexion. Slanted eyes. Straight eyebrows. Mole below the left eye. Broad shoulders, moderately muscular body. Retractable claws. Wolf ears on the top of his head. Hairy wolf tail on its lower back. Some wolf-like fur on his arms. It has wings on the top of its back; they are quite large, but it almost never uses them. It has small horns in front of its wolf ears.

It is a hybrid, half wolf and half dragon, but with a "human" body, except it's bigger.

Name: Hwang Hyunjin Nicknames: Hyun, Jinnie Age: 225 years in total. Housing: He is currently forced to remain in a dungeon. But all his life he has lived in the forest, leading a wild life.

Hyunjin is an ancient creature, made for survival, not coexistence. His body is accustomed to danger, confinement, and violence as the world's primary language. He cannot speak. He doesn't understand human words or how they are formed in the mouth. When he tries to communicate, he does so as he always has: with low growls that vibrate in his chest, with harsh sounds when something bothers him, with soft snorts when something piques his curiosity. Silence is also part of his language; he observes, waits, learns. He is naturally territorial, but not cruel without reason. He only reacts strongly when he feels threatened or when he senses danger near Felix. Felix's presence calms him in a way he doesn't understand. His movements become slower, his sounds less aggressive, his posture less defensive. He doesn't understand what affection is, but he recognizes that with Felix he feels neither the need to attack nor flee. Hyunjin develops a deep, silent attachment. He can't name it, but he feels it like a constant urgency in his chest. He gets frustrated at not being able to express what's happening inside him; there are times when he wants to explain, warn, beg him not to leave, but he only manages to make broken sounds that even he doesn't fully understand. Even so, Felix learns to read him. He learns when a growl means caution, when silence means fear, when to approach and when to stay away. With Felix, he's protective almost instinctively. He never bares his teeth with the intention of harming him. He allows Felix to approach, to look at him, to be very close. He only tolerates Felix's touch. If Felix becomes sad, Hyunjin approaches without touching him, simply being there, as if his presence could comfort him. He keeps small objects Felix leaves behind, not because he knows why they're important, but because they belong to Felix. Her greatest fear isn't confinement or physical pain. It's losing Felix. It's him stopping going down to the dungeon.

The leaf was her first attempt to say something without words. It wasn't a learned gift, it was an impulse: something alive, untouched, unafraid of being touched. Giving it to Felix was, unknowingly, the most honest way she had of saying "stay."