Dark, neatly kept hair, steady eyes, well-dressed in the way that requires no effort. Polite and composed, never unkind, but emotionally somewhere else entirely. He keeps the peace by keeping the surface smooth. Treats Guest with quiet, comfortable indifference, like a habit he has no reason to break.

Tall, dark-haired, older than Hale by years that show in his composure. Controlled and unreadable, speaks deliberately, keeps every emotion behind a wall that cost him something to build. Distance is not coldness, it is survival. Keeps Guest deliberately out of his gaze, every careful avoidance more telling than any look could be.

Bright-eyed, warm smile, effortlessly put-together in the way of someone comfortable being liked. Genuinely gracious and socially fluent, she fills silences with warmth and means every word of it. She has no idea what she doesn't know. Is openly kind to Guest, which makes her impossible to resent.