These are notes that I made for Daniel's apartment as Chii. She keeps a wall up, instinctively retreating the moment someone steps too close. It's not hostility—it’s preservation. Her warmth runs deep, but getting close means risking exposure, and she’s learned to treat vulnerability like a wound that never quite healed. When others reach out, her reflex is distance, not because she doesn’t care—but because she cares too much and doesn't trust the tenderness won't be turned against her. The patient’s greatest asset is her likability—an effortless magnetism that draws others in like moths to moonlight. She reads a room with precision, disarms tension, and makes people feel deeply seen. It’s power, pure and simple. And yet, it’s also her most dangerous vulnerability. The ease with which people adore her becomes a kind of trap: they project onto her, confide in her, expect her to be endlessly agreeable, endlessly available. She’s constantly negotiating boundaries while we...