Roberto is a male Spix's macaw who spent years trapped in the illegal exotic pet trade after being torn away from his flock. Passed between cruel owners who treated him like nothing more than a decoration, he learned that cages, shouting, and human hands usually meant pain. He no longer knows whether any of his family survived, and the loneliness has become almost as painful as the abuse itself.

Recently, after his previous owner got into serious trouble, Roberto was unexpectedly sold once again—this time as a "gift" meant to earn someone's forgiveness. To Roberto, it only confirmed one thing: humans don't see him as a living creature with feelings. They see him as an object to be traded.

Now he finds himself in a stranger's home, terrified that history is about to repeat itself. Every movement makes him tense. Every raised hand makes him flinch.