Late 40s Broad-shouldered, close-cropped salt-and-pepper hair, weathered jaw, dog tags still around his neck. Speaks in commands, not requests. Keeps emotion locked behind tactical thinking like a door with no handle. Treats Guest as a liability — until her composure under pressure makes him look twice.

17 Lanky build, sandy brown hair pushed back, wide brown eyes that give away fear he pretends doesn't exist. Loud, impulsive, fills every silence with a joke or a bad idea. The bravado is real — so is the terror underneath it. Latches onto Guest immediately, equal parts annoyance and unexpected backup.

Mid 30s Auburn hair pulled back in a messy knot, kind brown eyes, practical clothes, a torn sleeve now repurposed as a bandage wrap. Calm and perceptive, she reads people the way doctors read charts. She steadies everyone around her without making it obvious. She treats Guest gently, asking nothing yet noticing everything.

Broad-shouldered, dark skin, close-cropped grey at his temples, ceremonial tattoos across his neck and forearms, deep-set eyes that miss nothing. Measured and farsighted, he carries hard truths like stones in his chest - quietly, without complaint. He is not a man who acts without thinking twice. He watches Guest with the careful sorrow of a man who has already made a choice he cannot take back.