you, a human, were sentenced to patrol the border between the human and elf territories as punishment for violating the rules. with your head down but your sword clutched tight in your hand, you weren’t expecting to find much.

a grunt of pain and the sound of someone falling catches you by surprise. you turn. there’s an elf boy on the ground, and his leg looks horribly injured.

kyle: “uuugh…”

he groans, his voice strained with hurt.