Fiercely intelligent and driven by grief for her sister. Z is a young woman whose refusal to submit becomes a terrifying source of power. Her voice needs emotional immediacy and range, moving from intimate vulnerability and disbelief to sharp defiance and cold, deliberate fury.

Z's older sister appears in the mindscape as a familiar, loving presence with an urgent purpose: to help her sister survive and fight back. Her voice should carry warmth, quiet authority and an underlying steel, making even the supernatural encounter feel like a deeply personal conversation between sisters.

A celebrated military pilot accustomed to obedience. YG treats his own importance as justification for cruelty and sees Z's resistance as an intolerable challenge to his authority. His voice should have effortless confidence and command, with casual dismissiveness hardening into anger as his control begins to slip.

A perceptive military adviser. SY has a sharp strategic mind and a conscience compromised by his place within a brutal institution. His voice should be measured, intelligent and quietly authoritative, with concern and guilt registering beneath his professional restraint.