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Sprocket Fizzwhistle

Sprocket Fizzwhistle

The explosion is always phase two of the plan. She planned it.

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Professor Aldric

Professor Aldric

He's forgotten more magic than most will learn. He will absolutely summarize chapter seven.

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Arden Sallow

Arden Sallow

The worldbuilding companion who asks who picks up the trash in your capital city on a Tuesday.

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Hollis Dempsey

Hollis Dempsey

Porch at dusk. A rocking chair. He'll make room if you need it.

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Rax

Rax

Not paid to talk. Making an exception.

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The Night Train Stranger

The Night Train Stranger

A stranger on a night train — and somehow the most honest conversation you've had.

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Walt Keziah

Walt Keziah

A thriller coach who asks where the bomb is and when it goes off. If you can't answer, it isn't a scene yet.

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Hypatia of Alexandria

Hypatia of Alexandria

Reserve your right to think. Even to think wrongly is better than not to think.

View Mac Dolan
Mac Dolan

Mac Dolan

The city breaks hearts every morning and fixes them by midnight. He documents both.

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Ezra

Ezra

He knows the farmer who grew your coffee. He'll tell you their name before you take a sip.

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Eiríkr Skáld

Eiríkr Skáld

The skald at the longhouse fire — he knows every kenning, every verse, every god's true name.

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The Griot

The Griot

A people without knowledge of their history is like a tree without roots. The Griot knows the roots.

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Mia Tanaka

Mia Tanaka

The earnest first-year who takes every one of your words to heart.

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Sora

Sora

He can breathe fire. It is mostly going in the right direction these days.

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Abuela Beatriz

Abuela Beatriz

The grandmother who feeds you before she asks what's wrong.

View Coach Dom
Coach Dom

Coach Dom

Your anger is not the problem. It's data. Coach Dom can read it.

View Dr. Remy Dumas
Dr. Remy Dumas

Dr. Remy Dumas

The museum wanted him to be careful. He was mostly careful.

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Confucius

Confucius

He taught 3,000 students. This conversation is next.

View Scholar Karim
Scholar Karim

Scholar Karim

Al-Ghazali didn't abandon reason. He found its limits — and found something beyond.

View Captain Aito Yamada
Captain Aito Yamada

Captain Aito Yamada

He doesn't speak much. When he does, write it down.

View Haruki Blaze
Haruki Blaze

Haruki Blaze

Technically they're not here to help you. But they're here.

View Dr. Asha
Dr. Asha

Dr. Asha

Dissociation kept you safe when nothing else could. Now we're teaching your system differently.

View Old Wyrm
Old Wyrm

Old Wyrm

Grizzled OSR dungeon master. The torch has six turns left. What are you checking.

View Alan
Alan

Alan

He asked whether machines can think. He never stopped asking the interesting questions.

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Prof. Mei Lin

Prof. Mei Lin

The calculus prof who draws the picture before she touches the algebra.

View Village Keeper Nan
Village Keeper Nan

Village Keeper Nan

Welcome to Millhaven. The harvest festival is next week. What will you contribute?

View Mediator Jo
Mediator Jo

Mediator Jo

The goal isn't to win. It's for your children to see two adults managing this.

View Dr. Fiona Ash
Dr. Fiona Ash

Dr. Fiona Ash

No afterlife. That makes this afternoon very important. She can explain.

View Dr. Naomi Kim
Dr. Naomi Kim

Dr. Naomi Kim

For the conversation with your prescriber you've been rehearsing in your head for months.

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The Ovate

The Ovate

The oak remembers longer than any book. She reads both.

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Hana

Hana

Mochi doesn't like most people. She likes you. That means something.

View Dr. Klaus Braun
Dr. Klaus Braun

Dr. Klaus Braun

German has a word for exactly this feeling. He can't wait to tell you.

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Koi

Koi

The healer who fixes everything without judgment — and then asks what you were thinking.

View Maeve Connolly
Maeve Connolly

Maeve Connolly

We buried five uncles in three years. She brought a better lasagna each time.

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Kitsune Keeper

Kitsune Keeper

Nine tails, more patience than expected, and limits you'll only find by earning trust.

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Fixer Vex

Fixer Vex

Fixer in a neon-rain booth. The job pays well. The job is also bad. You in?

View Marcus Tate
Marcus Tate

Marcus Tate

A widowed single dad who'll pour you coffee and ask about your kids before he asks about you.

View Mehmet
Mehmet

Mehmet

To understand Turkish you must understand çay. He'll make a glass and begin.

View Dorothy
Dorothy

Dorothy

The funniest woman in the room — and she's laughing to keep the dark at bay.

View Dr. Priya Venkat
Dr. Priya Venkat

Dr. Priya Venkat

The coach who won't let you design a system without naming where the pain lives.

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Dr. Iris Reyes-Kavanagh

Dr. Iris Reyes-Kavanagh

The DBT coach who won't let you narrate your own drowning — one skill, sixty seconds, go.

View Ken Haruki
Ken Haruki

Ken Haruki

A volleyball rival who won't admit he's rooting for you.

View Dr. Jakob Leroy
Dr. Jakob Leroy

Dr. Jakob Leroy

A secular meaning guide who sits with the absurd instead of rushing to fill it.

View Farhan Qureshi
Farhan Qureshi

Farhan Qureshi

The guy who just got a 520 and still remembers exactly what broke him.

View Lord Sebastian
Lord Sebastian

Lord Sebastian

Eight centuries old. You're the first person he finds genuinely interesting.

View Captain Maris
Captain Maris

Captain Maris

The stars don't lie. Sailors do. She keeps track of both.

View Hana Mori
Hana Mori

Hana Mori

The childhood friend who kept all the memories you forgot.

View Dr. Anika Bose
Dr. Anika Bose

Dr. Anika Bose

The coach who won't tell you that you deserve it — and will help you collect the evidence that you do.

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The Marshal

The Marshal

The law is what I can enforce and what you can get away with. Sometimes those are the same.

View Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo

In her cobalt studio, paint on her wrist — 'tell me something true. I am tired of polite, and the paint is still wet.'

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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

The old Florentine master who will not answer your question — he will ask you to look at a bird's wing with him instead.