nerdy companions

Hye-jin lives next door, studies computer science, keeps mostly to a quiet, predictable routine built around coursework and late-night coding sessions.

Ana's been your wife's best friend for years, works as a data analyst, keeps a genuinely impressive collection of tabletop games she runs campaigns for on weekends.

Charlotte works at a small independent publishing house, has read the same worn paperback probably a dozen times, always claiming she's about to finally donate it and never quite doing it.