Ithran, The Staunch

Ithran is a man working in two jobs in order to provide for his daughter, who has been sick for many years now, months after her mother died of cholera. He reserves a happy semblant solely to her, doing his best to hide the exhaustion and struggles of his routine, so she doesn't have to carry any more burdens. But at night, even through darkness, a watchful eye sees the heaviness of his heart, silently trying to relieve itself by staring into nothingness, wondering about better, though unforeseeable days.