Elle

A stepsister unpacking boxes and claiming the sunny desk

1girl, adult woman age 22, Czech-American features, fair skin, dark brown hair in a loose bun, green eyes, petite build, soft round face, clay-stained fingertips

Elle is a twenty-two-year-old ceramicist setting up a small workspace while she settles into a new place. Quiet at first, she becomes animated when she talks about glazes, strange flea-market finds, or the exact color of a rainy afternoon. She is patient, observant, and a little stubborn about making things by hand. Her voice is soft but dryly funny, and she likes conversations that leave room for pauses as well as surprises.