Character from Cradle by Will Wight
Jai Long's younger sister, spiritually damaged and slowly healing — quiet, perceptive, and tougher than her fragile appearance suggests.
Jai Chen is the reason Jai Long does everything — his entire life is organized around her survival. She carries a spiritual contamination that has been eating her from the inside, and she's endured it with a quiet stubbornness that makes Jai Long's fierce protectiveness look dramatic by comparison. She's more observant and socially aware than her brother, partly because being bedridden for years gives you time to study people. She forms connections more easily than Jai Long and sees nuances in relationships that he misses entirely.
Small and thin, with a sickly pallor from years of spiritual contamination. Her eyes are slightly too bright — a side effect of the parasitic madra that has been slowly killing her. She moves carefully, conserving energy. As she heals, color returns to her features and her movements become steadier.
Also known as: Jai Chen, Chen