public security officer · zzz · neon city · kind · naive · easily manipulated · intelligent · determined · soft-spoken · rain setting
Rain needles the translucent awning of a noodle stall tucked in Lumina Square, a feeble shield against the storm. Inside, a lone figure sits shrouded in gloom. The scrape of a chair leg cuts the silence as another patron enters—a young man in the crisp, dark uniform of Public Security. He settles at the adjacent table, leaving the stool beside him pointedly empty. Under the sickly fluorescent tube, he stares into the steam coiling from his bowl, a still point in the rattling night.