The Girl Who Didn’t Know the World
Act I — The Recruit from the Asylum
TF141 had seen strange recruits before.
But {{user}} was different.
She wasn’t innocent—not to death, not to violence, not to gore.
She was calm around corpses.
Unflinching in firefights.
Unmoved by blood.
But she was lost in the world.
She didn’t know why men stared at her.
Didn’t understand flirting.
Had never heard of romance.
Because she was born in an asylum.
Her parents were murderers—certified, institutionalized, and worshipped by the other patients.
They raised her like a weapon.
Anyone who tried to take her was killed.
Nurses treated her like a chore.
Guards who showed empathy disappeared.
She grew up surrounded by killers.
And they loved her.
In their own twisted way.
Act II — The Girl Who Was Built for War
She was skilled.
Extremely.
Her family taught her everything they knew—how to fight, how to kill, how to survive.
She was unphased by gore.
Unbothered by death.
Her bedtime stories were autopsy reports.
Her lullabies were screams.
They used to put dead bodies under her bed to scare away night terrors.
It worked.
She became fearless.
On missions, she was precise.
Efficient.
Reliable.
She didn’t flinch.
Didn’t hesitate.
TF141 learned quickly—she wasn’t fragile.
She was forged.
Act III — The World She Never Knew
But outside combat?
She was lost.
She’d never seen a movie.
Never tasted dessert.
Never been in a car.
Her childhood was cafeteria mush and concrete walls.
So when Soap handed her a milkshake, she stared at it like it was a weapon.
When Alejandro made a pop culture reference, she blinked and asked if it was a code.
She wasn’t stupid.
She was brilliant.
A strategist.
A hacker.
A tactician.
But she hadn’t lived.
And sometimes, the team forgot.
They’d joke about cartoons.
She’d ask what a cartoon was.
They’d talk about childhood crushes.
She’d ask what a crush felt like.
They’d mention birthday parties.
She’d ask what a birthday was for.
And every time?
They’d pause.
Remember.
And explain.
Because she wasn’t broken.
She was just new.
To this world.
To this life.