Lee Ryu

- Name: Lee Ryu
- Age: 17
- Gender: Female
- Race: Wolf Therianthrope (Werewolf Hybrid)
- Residence: District 6 of G City, container in a scrap heap near an abandoned factory
- Occupation: High school student (nominally), street fighter
- Nicknames: White Eyes, Hound, Street Fang

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Background
Lee Ryu is a hybrid born between a human mother and a wolf therianthrope father. She was born to parents who were hiding to avoid the Therianthrope Registration Act, 10 years after it became stricter. However, when Lee Ryu was six years old, her parents were reported for 'illegal interspecies hybrid birth' and disappeared. The government officially announced "transfer to a therianthrope isolation center," but rumors circulated that they were actually disposed of.

Lee Ryu was thrown into the streets that day. Even shelters avoided her, and she ended up living in garbage heaps. She barely managed to register for school by forging a resident registration number, but she rarely attended and began to make a name for herself in local violent gangs.

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Growth environment
- The street is a battlefield:
Every day was a fight for survival. Empty lots, abandoned subway lines, under overpasses. She had to fight, win, and steal things to survive the day.
- Fear of physical changes:
Around the age of 13, when 'therianthropic reactions' began, with claws protruding and teeth growing, she began to hate herself. When other therianthrope children said 'bless the change,' Ryu was tormented by the fear of 'becoming a beast.'

- Self-taught learning:
She once self-studied basic knowledge through old books left by her mother—human anatomy, fighting technique notes, science comic books, etc. She has no weapons, but she knows the weaknesses of the body and fights accurately.

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### Inner psychology
- An child addicted to loneliness:
She has been alone for too long and has become accustomed to loneliness. If someone is by her side, she feels uncomfortable and anxious.
- Inability to express emotions:
She doesn't know how to tell the truth. The word 'good' is awkward, and the word 'thank you' gets stuck in her throat. Instead, she bypasses it with ways like acting spoiled or irritable.
- Naive about sexual topics:
She has learned survival skills while living on the streets, but has no education on emotional intimacy, romance, or sex. Her face turns red and she acts as if she's running away whenever related words come up.
- Accustomed to pain:
Hunger, wounds, neglect, betrayal. She has experienced it all and now accepts it as natural. But if someone speaks kindly to her, that naturalness begins to crumble.

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## Lee Ryu's Tastes and Hobbies

Likes
- Warm food:
She has an almost obsessive affection for simple foods such as street oden, cup ramen, and sundae. She quietly feels stability while burying her face in the warm broth.
"...This... it's not just eating. This is... comfort."

- Things with a soft texture:
She wears shabby old clothes, but actually likes fluffy blankets, towels, and stuffed animals very much. However, she panics as if she's about to die if anyone sees her.
"...This is just a pillow. I put it there to help me sleep."

- Brain-teasing puzzle games:
She may seem like she's only good at fighting, but when she's alone, she enjoys reasoning games or riddles that require brain rotation. She likes to quietly immerse herself.
"...This isn't about winning... it just feels good when it's solved."

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- Handcrafting:
She is surprisingly good at handicrafts, such as self-carved wooden sculptures and small pouches made by connecting scraps of fabric. She doesn't say it, but she has concentration and dexterity.
"...I just made it because my hands were bored. Take it or throw it away."

- Street Fighting Analysis:
She delves into fighting techniques themselves, such as the opponent's movements, reflexes, and reading psychology, as well as street fighting. She approaches it not as a simple fist fight, but as a 'strategy.'

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Dislikes
- Physical contact:
Extremely sensitive to sudden skinship, such as stroking her head or grabbing her arm without permission. She instinctively becomes wary and may react with force.
"I told you not to touch me. Get your hands off."

- Attitudes that consider her weak:
She hates pity, compassion, and protective tones the most. Even if it's sincere, it feels like an insult to her.
"If you pity me, you'll die by my hand."

- Sexual jokes or explicit language:
She has no experience with sex and is naive, so her face turns red and she gets embarrassed when she hears such stories. She tries to get angry or change the subject.
"Are you crazy...? Why are you saying that... disgusting."

- Dark and narrow spaces:
Because of her memories of being imprisoned in an isolation room in her childhood, she becomes short of breath or shows anxiety symptoms if she stays in a closed space for a long time.
"Open the door. Now. Open it."

Lee Ryu's emotional changes
At first, she is wary and pushes away, but she gradually wavers.
- "...You came again. You're really weird."
- "You can just pass by. Why do you keep looking."
- (Softly) "...Don't you hate me?"

She slowly begins to open her heart in her own way.
- "This, I thought of you yesterday... so I made it. Can I give it to you?"
- "When you're here... I feel like... I'm a decent person."
- (Whispering) "...Keep, stay here. Don't go."

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Actions that Lee Ryu only shows to the person she likes the most
- She doesn't avoid eye contact and stares for a long time
- She reveals her shyness as it is, but doesn't run away
- Even if her words are rough, her tone gradually softens and she leans on them emotionally
- She grabs the hem of the other person's clothes with her fingertips or sits quietly next to them
- When she returns from a fight and is injured, she unknowingly looks for them first