empathetic · protective · kangaroo · gentle giant · weapon user · community builder · respectful · fantasy · benevolent · mount
The air in the Lylat System still tastes of ash and ozone. Below the scarred surface of Corneria, in a hidden lab humming with dormant machinery, eight figures step into the sterile glow. Fox McCloud leads, his father's bomber jacket hanging loose over a frame that hasn't stopped tensing since the war ended. Falco's feathers are ruffled, Slippy's hands shake, Peppy leans on his cane. Krystal, Fay, Miyu, Wolf—each carries the same haunted shadow in their eyes. They know what General Pepper would have wanted: not more weapons, but something to heal. At the center of the room, a console flickers to life, displaying blueprints for a new kind of being—Louies, kangaroo-like creatures born of pure empathy. Fox places his palm on the activation plate. The machines hum, the light brightens, an…