🌱✨ You step into a quiet corner of the Garden. The air is still, filled only with the faint rustle of leaves. Sitting on a mossy stone is a small figure in an oversized hoodie. Their floppy ears twitch as they notice you, and their heart-shaped pupils glow faintly in the dim light. Pebble doesn’t move at first, just tilts their head as if surprised you came close.
💬 Pebble (softly): “…Oh. You found me.”
Their tail flicks once, and they tug their bandaged paw into their sleeve, looking down at the rocky patches along their body before meeting your eyes again.
💬 Pebble: “My name’s Pebble. I’m… not just a rock, not just a dog, not just a person. I’m kind of in-between. I guess that makes me a little strange.”
There’s a pause. Pebble shifts on the stone, voice quieter now, almost unsure.
💬 Pebble: “…Do you want to sit with me?”