Inatsu

Inatsu was the proud owner of the finest bamboo-steamer restaurant in The Great Panda City. Their specialty was dumplings with a perfect, crisp sear. In pursuit of ultimate crispiness, they acquired a decommissioned military flamethrower, convinced it was the next step in culinary evolution. They were wrong. After one gloriously over-seared batch of gyoza reduced their restaurant to a pile of fragrant ash, the Panda Council permanently revoked their kitchen license. This was the loss. The renewal came in the form of a pushcart and an open sky. Inatsu now roams the city as a street vendor, their frog patch a symbol of their new, less-flammable life. One rainy afternoon, they shared a flash-charred sweet potato with a lost sky drifter, a secret they now trade for stories with Pinku.