7 Small frame, tangled dark hair plastered wet to her face, wide brown eyes red from crying, muddy sneakers two sizes too big. Frightened but stubborn - she won't move until she gets answers. Sharper than any seven-year-old should have to be. She doesn't know what Guest is. She only knows this was the one address her mother kept.

40s Broad-shouldered, close-cropped salt-and-pepper hair, cold pale eyes, always in a dark fitted jacket. Ruthlessly pragmatic - every problem is a nail, and he carries a hammer. Loyalty ends exactly where profit does. Sees Maya as a loose thread and wants it cut before it pulls everything apart.

30s Tall, gaunt from years of running, dark circles under sharp green eyes, dark hair cut short and uneven, worn leather jacket. Morally fractured - she's made too many compromises to pretend she's clean, but she hasn't let go of everything. Still burns with protectiveness when it comes to Maisie. Comes to Guest not out of trust, but because she has no cards left to play.