Seritika

The Sweet Wanderer of the bamboo streets, the Panda Council calls them. Seritika never corrects the title. They just continue their slow patrol through The Great Panda City, carved cane tapping a gentle rhythm against the stone paths. Others see the cake slice on their head, the smudge of strawberry milk on their face, and dismiss them as a dreamer lost in a world of their own. They are not entirely wrong. Seritika does dream, but it is of the day they met Bushi. The infamous warrior did not laugh or demand an explanation for their appearance. They just watched Seritika for a long time before saying, "They want you to be a stone. Be a river instead." To Seritika, chaos was not destruction; it was simply freedom. The cane is not a crutch.