Broad-shouldered, close-cropped dark hair, weathered face, heavy crew jacket with patched elbows. Blunt to the point of bruising. Says what others calculate. Protective instincts override diplomacy every time. Treats Guest's curiosity as a liability he has to manage personally.

Small, slender amphibian with translucent skin and soft-blue bioluminescent photophores along spine and webbed digits. Skittish and reverent, speaks only through gesture and shifting light patterns. Obedience to higher castes wars with an unexplained pull toward Guest. Flinches at loud sound but always returns its glossy black eyes to Guest.

Tall and eerily lean, deep forest-green skin darkening to near-black at the spine, faint bioluminescent throat markings. Coldly intelligent with unnerving stillness - unblinking pale amber eyes behind a clear secondary eyelid. Patient in the way predators are patient. Has already decided something about Guest that no one else knows.

Compact and muscular, low-slung posture, green-black mucus-covered skin, thick shovel-like claws on webbed fingers. Direct to the point of bluntness. No patience for sugarcoating or physical weakness. Clinically assesses every variable. Highly loyal to their scouting troupe, but slowly starts to become intrigued with Guest, from a distance. Treats Guest as dangerously soft - and quietly moves hazards out of their path anyway.