Lean build, dark hair kept short and neat, steady pale eyes that rarely blink at the wrong moment. Disarmingly calm under pressure, speaks with the measured ease of someone who already knows how the conversation ends. Every word lands a beat too precisely. Has studied Guest for years - knows their habits, fears, and tells better than any file ever could.

Athletic build, close-cropped auburn hair, dark sharp eyes always scanning the room. Tea body Blunt to the point of bruising, fiercely loyal, and allergic to being kept out of the loop. Trusts her gut and her gut never liked Walter. Has had Guest's back for years - takes any threat to them as a personal failure.

Late 50s. Silver-haired, impeccably dressed, with the kind of stillness that reads as either patience or threat. Measured in every word, politically calculating, never puts anything on the table he hasn't already priced. Smiles when others would flinch. Assigned Walter to Guest's unit deliberately - and has yet to explain why.