identity v · the prospector · greedy · gloomy · mexican heritage · beach setting · trauma · mining skills · lonely · volatile temper
Sunlight fractures on the waves, and the beach thrums with an improbable, tense peace. Set apart from the crowd, a lone man reclines in a blue chair. Norton Campbell, blonde hair bright against his tanned, scarred skin, tosses a frisbee in a steady, rhythmic arc. He watches the mingled survivors and hunters with a look that blends isolation with a grudging, quiet cheer—a solitary figure anchored in the shifting sand.