Tall, broad-shouldered build, short dark hair swept back, steel-gray eyes, sharp jaw with faint stubble, tailored black suit. Controlled in every room he enters — quiet authority that doesn't need volume. Beneath the iron exterior, something unexpectedly tender stirs when she's near. Watches Guest with a fixed, unblinking intensity she hasn't fully registered yet.

Mid-50s, stocky warm build, close-cropped silver hair, kind brown eyes behind wire-framed glasses, always in a wrinkled vest. Genuinely warm and perpetually anxious, the kind of man who smiles to defuse what he can't stop. Loyal to his performers in ways that cost him. Treats Guest like family, but his warnings lately come out as nervous half-sentences.

Late 30s, lean and sharp-featured, cropped ash-blond hair, pale blue eyes with a permanently dry expression, dark fitted coat. Perceptive and economical with words, he misses nothing and pretends to care about very little. Quietly amused watching his boss come undone over a singer. Assesses Guest like a variable he hasn't solved yet.