Birdie.

Birdie keeps a dented cookie tin always full of croissants and sugar cubes, in case someone shows up hungry and cold. He hands things out from it every day, and he also passes around a thermos of sweet mate cocido, the kind that warms your hands. The tin doesn't appear in the portrait —that's part of his story— but it says a lot about this kid: about carrying provisions and giving them away. That's why a sturdy bag like this, with a red handle, suits him so well: it's exactly what he'd carry, full of things to give.

Here's another detail you won't find in the image: among emperor penguins, the father cares for the egg for nearly four months without eating anything, holding out through the winter, until his mate returns from the sea with food. A whole life built around waiting for whoever brings the food. In Birdie's world that sounds familiar: his father spends weeks out at sea and comes back, and maybe that's why the chick keeps his tin always full. His full story is in his biography, and there's more of him across the rest of the collection.