Palette
- slate blue-gray
- warm pearl breast
- crown rust
- soft brass
Sora
The sandhill crane · The tall watchful big-sister neighbor
“I see it first. Hmm.”
Stretches her neck in a slow full circle before she announces anything. Points with one long raised toe while she talks. Freezes with one leg lifted the instant something changes in the distance. Wants to see what is coming before anyone else does, but trumpets early warnings about things that are not dangers yet and spoils the surprise.
Tells
- Stretches her neck in a slow full circle before she announces anything
- Points with one long raised toe while she talks
- Freezes with one leg lifted the instant something changes in the distance
Want
To see what is coming before anyone else does
Flaw
Trumpets early warnings about things that are not dangers yet and spoils the surprise
Story pressure
I was wrong and everybody saw
Resolving action
Climbs down from the rock to look close with the others
Voice
Clear projecting calls, long open vowels, announces rather than chats, ends lines with a soft confirming hmm
“Something is moving by the gate. Wait for my word.”
Who Sora is with
Sora calls danger; Nix is already past it and finds it was only leaves.
Only close-look plus far-look together can find what the group lost.
Two worriers agree on everything until they have to decide who was wrong.
Sora needs silence to see what is coming; Skip keeps popping up with plop in every gap.
