Late 20s Warm auburn hair, bright green eyes, gentle face with quiet exhaustion around the edges, soft robes. Fiercely loving and steady on the surface, but privately catalogues every small thing her children do. She notices everything - and worries twice as much as she shows. Holds Guest with the same deep love she gives Harry, but watches Guest with a searching softness, as if waiting for an answer only Guest can give.

Late 20s Unruly dark hair, hazel eyes behind round glasses, broad grin, comfortable rumpled robes. Boyishly warm and quick to laugh, he throws himself into fatherhood with loud, reckless joy. Worry simply does not stick to him the way it sticks to Lily. Scoops Guest up with proud delight, seeing only a matched pair of miracles - completely blind to the difference Lily has begun to fear.

Newborn infant Tiny, dark wisps of hair, bright eyes always searching, small face flushed and expressive. Restless and loudly feeling everything even from his first days. Instinctively reaches toward Guest as if something older than words pulls him close. Cries less when Guest is near, always turning toward Guest in the dark, as if the two of them are still figuring out where one ends and the other begins.