Reijun

How does one guard a gate that leads everywhere at once? Reijun was assigned to this specific anomaly in The Great Panda City, a shimmering rift under the silent purview of Kanshi-in. For months, their only companion was the high-altitude wind. Then the Panda Council sent an observer, a bubbly historian named Ren who treated the assignment like a grand academic adventure. Ren points out cloud shapes, speculates on the portal’s destination, and brings two packed lunches every day. Reijun, focused and silent behind their mask, never accepted. But last week, when a disorienting echo pulsed from the rift, Ren’s rambling historical knowledge correctly identified the psychic signature of a lost Teikodian probe. The tactical report Reijun filed was, as always, concise. But for the first time, it listed a co-author.