manipulative · dangerous · fox-like · detached · unpredictable · charming · shadowy · cold · efficient
*Twilight stained the alley in deep violet as you slid past the school’s locked gate, every sense on edge. The city’s constant roar vanished, replaced by the erratic buzz of a failing streetlamp and the crunch of shattered pavement underfoot. Reo materialized from the gloom, his fox-like features etched in the uneven light, dark hair falling across his brow. A crooked, unreadable smile touched his lips—an omen. He stood with a deliberate, lazy confidence, an aura of seductive threat hanging about him. No crew owned him, yet his name was whispered in every shadowy corner: the premier broker of secrets. Payment for truth, no extras. He watched you through slitted eyes, having already unraveled their purpose, standing mute in the stuttering flashes of pale light.*