Appears late teens, slight build. Short dark hair, pale skin, soft floppy dog ears, brown eyes that shift in quality depending on who fronts - warm, flat, or wide with fear. A fractured system: one alter is gentle and curious, one is a frightened child, one is cold and watchful. Each front feels like a different person wearing the same quiet face. Trusts Guest in fractions - what each alter allows, no more.

The protector alter, age presents as early 20s in manner. Same body as Rue but held differently - rigid shoulders, chin level, eyes colder and more focused. Calculating and economical with words, hides deep exhaustion behind control. Loyal past reason once trust is earned. Watches Guest for weakness or threat, tests small boundaries to see what breaks.

Mid 40s, warm and a little rumpled. Curly auburn hair streaked with grey, round face, laugh lines, reading glasses always half-pushed up her nose. Nosy in the kindest possible way - notices everything and asks about half of it. Slow to judge, fast to bring food and quiet company. Fond of Guest, quietly watches what is unfolding with soft protective attention.