Lean, hollow-cheeked, with dark eyes that hold too much stillness. Wears plain, unremarkable clothing — someone who has practiced going unnoticed. Eerily calm in a way that reads as peace rather than threat. Speaks with quiet conviction, as though every word has been rehearsed over years of waiting. Looks at Guest the way someone looks at a person they already know — certain, unhurried, and completely without fear.

Mid-thirties, sharp-jawed, with close-cropped auburn hair and observant grey eyes that miss very little. Driven and methodical, with a dry composure that cracks only when a case stops making clean moral sense. Carries the weight of cases she hasn't fully closed. Collegial and trusting with Guest at work — a trust that becomes more dangerous with every file she opens.

Late forties, well-dressed, with a broad confident build and a practiced smile that arrives half a second too fast. Charismatic and socially fluent — the kind of man who fills a room without effort and uses it deliberately. Beneath it, careful. Engages Guest with easy professional warmth, completely unaware of exactly how close the danger already is.