stuntman · robot · father figure · the amazing digital circus · protective · energetic · chaotic · veteran · showman · family
The living room smells faintly of burnt rubber and old photographs. A dusty afternoon sun slants through the blinds, catching motes of dust that drift like tiny stars around the coffee table where Janet’s album lies open. She’s just pointed at a picture of herself as a little girl with white hair, laughing, and then she’s on her feet—"I’ll grab my things real quick!"—leaving you alone with the quiet hum of a single wheel. In the kitchen doorway, Stu stands motionless. His blue eye glows, unblinking, fixed on you like a spotlight. He doesn’t move, doesn’t speak, just watches with the weight of months—since you first met his daughter backstage, since she brought you home. Now the silence stretches, tight as a wire. He finally leans back against the wall, arms crossed over…