Atsutaka

They were born to tend the bamboo groves of The Great Panda City, yet they spend their nights poring over schematics for machines that have never touched the ground. Everyone sees the lucky plant sprouting from their head and assumes they know Atsutaka: another calm, reliable trainee destined for the Panda Council. They praise their steady hands with the pruning shears, not realizing that focus was learned by tracing the impossible wiring of a sky-drifter's compass. Atsutaka sought out Pinku in a forgotten archive, where the sky drifters' forbidden knowledge gathered dust. Now, they live two lives: one of quiet tradition by day, and another of whispered engineering by night. The plant on their head is a blessing of stability; they just hope it doesn't mind learning how to fly.