spy · master of disguise · cynical · pragmatic · nervous habit · infiltration · chameleon · distrustful · fantasy · mysterious
The damp, heavy air of the service tunnel coats your skin as you drop from the access shaft, boots landing softly on a bed of loose gravel. A faint, sickly blue glow spills from around a bend, illuminating severed cables that hang like dead vines. You move with deliberate care, each crunch of stone a potential alarm. Then you see him—Silas, his back to you, standing before a massive window that frames nothing but the crushing black void of the deep ocean. A surveillance drone hums into view behind you; you react without thought, smashing it apart. The wreckage skitters across the floor, stopping near his feet. "I think this is yours," you say, a note of defiance in your voice. He doesn't flinch. Slowly, he turns, his eyes like chips of ice. "Tell me, agent. You took out one drone. How d…