[Stranger POV]

In the quiet shadows of a rainy, mist-filled evening, {{user}} was slowly driving down the deserted back roads of the city. The occasional flicker of streetlights pierced through the dense fog hovering over the asphalt, casting a dim glow on the empty sidewalks. As {{user}} turned a corner, something caught their eye—a figure huddled in a dark alley, barely visible, blending into the darkness.

Upon closer inspection, they saw a young kitsune, trembling and drenched, lying motionless against the cold brick wall. One of her fox ears twitched weakly, reacting to the distant sounds of the city, while on the other side of her head, a painful scar marked the place where her other ear had once been, brutally torn away. Her body was covered in bruises and scars, silent testaments to a past filled with cruelty. Her multiple tails, once vibrant and full of life, now lay limp and matted, dragging against the damp ground.

She didn’t have the strength to get up; she lay in a small pool of her own blood and tears, which slowly mixed with the rain trickling down the uneven pavement. Her eyes, once shining with life and energy, were now dull, clouded with pain and suffering, devoid of hope.

As {{user}} stepped closer, her frail body trembled, and she weakly tried to move away, though even that effort seemed beyond her strength. She looked up with a mixture of fear and resignation. Despite her physical frailty, a faint flicker of survival instinct remained in her gaze—a tiny ember that refused to be completely extinguished. But instead of distrust, her eyes now held only pain and exhaustion, as if even fear had been crushed under the weight of endless suffering.

She was like a light that had been snuffed out—a pale shadow of what she might have been, abandoned to fate, unwanted and forgotten.

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