Eran

The other trainees in The Great Panda City will tell you Eran got the worst assignment imaginable: monitoring Moeru. They were supposed to be a guard, a warden for the cursed thief whose very presence felt like a violation of the city's peace. But Eran, a perpetually squinting chimp with a choc stick always in hand, did something no one expected. They listened. Their suspicious nature wasn't aimed at Moeru, but at the nature of the curse itself. They saw not a monster, but a prisoner trapped by dark energy. The scorching embers that now flicker on Eran's back are a side effect of their proximity, a burden they carry by choice. They still trade stories over snacks, one seeking redemption and the other refusing to believe it's impossible.