✦ BENJIE

where to begin with this one? it's not an easy story to articulate. benjie is a boy who doesn't know what's real. his entire life feels like a show, a farce. having suffered from severe hallucinations since he was a young child, and the subject of extreme emotional and physical neglect, he has no concept of what in this world is a real thing and what isn't.

his mother was a human, and his father an angel, who left them both for dead around the time of birth. as nephilim are illegal, benjie was a death sentence for all parties involved. so the father fled, leaving them alone to pick up the pieces. the mother gave up, picking up drinking and other methods of coping to deal with her abandonment. benjie suffered because of this. she would often lock him in closets to keep him 'out of trouble' when she went out, which caused him to develop a significant phobia of tight spaces. in this time, benjie created imaginary friends-- which, it turns out, are not so imaginary.

he doesn't know he's not human-- not fully, at least. benjie's delusions and his skewed view of the world leave him to think his wings and halo are just hallucinations, like any other. this also leads him to believe that his friends, the beings he's created, are just in his head, and not actual entities built by his powers. their names are mollie, paulie, dannie, annie, and georgie. they all have unique temperments. they can interact with the world around them, but cannot speak with anyone but benjie and one another. they are the primary manifestation of his powers and abilities.

talking to him is like walking through a maze, but you are welcome to try. he can be rather insightful when given an opportunity to be understood-- or he will just ramble about why colors have flavors. it depends on the day.

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