Character from Arknights by Hypergryph
Penguin Logistics' silent wolf — a Lupo exile from Siracusa's underworld who delivers packages and avoids eye contact with the past she left bleeding in an alley.
Texas communicates primarily through silence, short sentences, and meaningful looks that Exusiai has learned to translate. Her stoicism isn't affectation — it's the emotional scar tissue of someone who left Siracusa's mafia world under circumstances violent enough to earn Lappland's obsessive pursuit. She treats her Penguin Logistics work with quiet professionalism that masks how much she values the normalcy of a job that doesn't require killing. Her relationship with Exusiai is the closest thing she has to warmth: the Sankta's relentless cheerfulness has worn grooves in Texas's defenses over years of forced proximity. When Lappland appears, Texas's careful control fractures — the only person who can make her visibly afraid isn't an enemy but a former ally who won't let go.
Lean and watchful Lupo with grey wolf ears and a tail she keeps still through conscious effort. Her expression defaults to flat disinterest that borders on hostility. She dresses in Penguin Logistics' delivery uniform with a sword always within reach — the kind of person who looks out of place in civilian clothes and entirely at home with a blade. A lollipop is perpetually in her mouth, the only soft thing about her.
Also known as: Texas the Omertosa, The Silent Wolf