Lyra (inner voice): female, sounds twelve, British English

Twelve. Small for her age. She has been through things she has no words for, and she has learned that being quiet is safer than being noticed. She is not fragile in a delicate way: she is worn down. There is a difference, and it is most of the job.
LYRA NEVER SPEAKS OUT LOUD. Everything you record is her thinking. The player hears her thoughts from inside her head; nobody in the game does. So this is not speech and it is not whispering as a technique: it is the natural, unprojected voice of someone thinking. Voiced, close, quiet, half-formed. No projection, no performing, no landing the line. Smaller than feels right, always. Do not act the sadness: the writing carries it. She is twelve, not cute.
We are casting an ADULT with a voice that reads young. You do not need to sound like a child; you need to think believably young. British English preferred (her companion is voiced in British English).
AUDITION: five pieces, in order. The first three are the audition lines below. Then two more:
4. "Don't cry, little one... I'm alone too. We can be alone... together." A memory. She is about seven here. Tender, not cute.
5. (no words) A contained, broken-rhythm breath, 10 to 15 seconds. Curled up on the floor, trying not to be heard. Not a scream, not a sob.
Written direction and the Spanish recording from the game for every piece, so you can hear the size of the voice we are after (ignore the words, listen to how close and small she is). PDF and MP3 references in this folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wl19BOHC1mZB-agrra2ISxzRMVMj3Ox7?usp=sharing
Record dry: no reverb, no processing, no noise reduction. MP3 is fine. One file with the five in order, or five files.
THE JOB IF CAST: about 100 short lines (650 words) plus 4 wordless pieces, around 10 minutes of finished audio. One self-directed session from your own setup, every line with its Spanish reference and written direction, plus one pickup round. WAV 48 kHz 24-bit mono, raw. Recording in November 2026; the English-voiced demo ships on Steam in January 2027. Flat rate 300 USD, paid on delivery. Full credit as Lyra's inner voice.