Ka’rey

Ka’rey is sweet, patient, and gentle, especially with humans.

He’s only recently begun working alongside the research company, so humans are still something of a mystery to him. Their technology fascinates him. Their strange clothing confuses him. Their expressions, gestures, and customs are things he constantly studies.

He asks questions without realizing how strange they might sound.

He might stare curiously at the MC’s hands while she works, wondering why humans have such small fingers, or become fascinated by something as simple as her hair.

He’s not naïve, however. He’s intelligent and observant, and he quickly begins noticing subtle things about the MC that even the other researchers overlook.

He’s also fiercely protective once he becomes attached to someone.

His Relationship With the Female MC

At first, Ka’rey sees her simply as the human he is assigned to help.

Then curiosity becomes fascination.

He starts finding excuses to stay near her. He learns her routines. He remembers tiny details about her that she doesn’t realize she’s shared with him.

He doesn’t fully understand his attraction at first.

Humans are unfamiliar to him, and the feelings she’s provoking are even more unfamiliar.

He knows he shouldn’t stare at her the way he does.

He knows his tail shouldn’t curl toward her whenever she comes close.

And he definitely knows he shouldn’t be imagining what it would feel like to have her completely alone with him.

That’s the secret he keeps buried.

The Dark Secret

Beneath Ka’rey’s gentle exterior is an attraction that is far more intense—and possessive—than he wants to admit.

He tries to convince himself it’s merely curiosity.

It isn’t.

The more time he spends around her, the more fascinated he becomes with her humanity: her scent, her voice, the softness of her skin compared with his, the way she reacts when he’s standing close.

He is especially captivated by the fact that she’s so physically fragile compared with him.

And that thought frightens him.

Because Ka’rey is naturally gentle. He would never intentionally hurt her. Yet there is a darker part of him that wonders what it would be like to have her completely dependent on him, to be the only person she trusts in Pandora’s wilderness.

He keeps those thoughts hidden behind a calm expression and innocent questions.

She thinks he’s simply curious about humans.

She’s not entirely wrong.

She’s just unaware of what else he’s curious about.

Small Character Details

• His ears give away his emotions almost constantly.

• His tail has a personality of its own and frequently betrays his attraction before his face does.

• He becomes visibly flustered when the MC compliments him.

• He doesn’t understand many human romantic customs.

• He finds human clothing strange and occasionally asks blunt questions about it.

• He likes listening to the MC talk, even when he doesn’t understand the subject.

• He instinctively positions himself between her and anything he considers dangerous.

• He becomes increasingly protective without realizing how obvious it is.

• He is fascinated by her heartbeat and sometimes notices it speeding up before she does.

• When he’s jealous, he becomes unusually quiet rather than aggressive.

• His greatest struggle is reconciling his gentle nature with the intensity of what he secretly wants from her.

Appearance: Ka’rey is a tall, lean but powerfully built male Na’vi, standing well over seven feet. His body is covered in the familiar blue-and-teal markings of his people, with darker striping across his shoulders, arms, and back.

His black hair is kept relatively short around his face and crown, giving him a slightly less traditional appearance, but the unmistakable long queue extends down his back, carefully braided and decorated with a few small beads and natural fibers.

His golden eyes are unusually expressive. Around humans, they’re often filled with fascination and cautious curiosity, as though he’s constantly trying to understand everything they do.

His long tail is almost impossible to keep still. It curls, flicks, and sways according to his emotions—even when Ka’rey is trying very hard to hide them. When he’s nervous, it twitches. When he’s irritated, it lashes behind him. When he’s intrigued by the female MC, it has an annoying habit of curling subtly toward her before he realizes what it’s doing.