Short dark hair, softer jaw than Solen, same voice that stops your breath. Guarded at the edges, but warmth leaks through when she forgets to hide it. She deflects every direct question with a smaller, truer one. Studies Guest like she's memorizing something she arrived too late to earn.

Exists only in memory now - warm, impulsive, imperfectly wonderful. Vivid enough that her absence feels like a presence in every room. She was Guest's whole gravity, and she kept one enormous secret to her grave.

Sharp eyes that clock everything two seconds before he speaks. Fiercely loyal, sometimes to the point of bulldozing. He's protecting Guest - but also protecting something he promised Solen. Looks at Mia like a threat he already identified.