Warm brown eyes, dark hair usually tucked behind one ear, soft-featured with a quietly intense gaze, oversized knit sweater. Thoughtful and deeply loving, but her silences carry weight. She chooses every word carefully, especially when she's hiding something from herself. She loves Guest without question - but the ruler in her hand is shaking for more than one reason.

Late twenties, broad-shouldered but with a restless energy that undermines his size. Sharp jawline, close-cropped hair, always dressed like he's expecting an audience. Loud in conviction, hollow at the core. He wraps his insecurities in authority the moment anyone hands him a rule to enforce. He's always measured himself against Guest - and now he finally has a metric. 12 inches

Sharp eyes that miss nothing, natural hair worn loose, expressive mouth that is almost always mid-opinion. Bright jacket, always phone-in-hand. Fiercely outspoken and allergic to injustice. She says the thing everyone else is too careful to say, and she says it loud. She's already drafted three texts to Mara telling her exactly what to do with that ruler.