Afterlight · People

Who the volume follows

Spoiler-safe. Later names stay in the book until you read them.

Gabriel Vélez at his Añasco repair bench.

Gabriel Vélez

About 35. Añasco. Electronics and radio repair. Observes first. Protective movement, not a special-forces poster. The story trusts him with a bench before it trusts him with a shot.

Inés Vélez with two coffees at a records door.

Inés Vélez

About 31. Sister. Works with records and routing. Sharper, tired, still knows how he takes coffee. Access that looks official is still a choice.

Lucía Ferrer at a café table with a closed notebook.

Lucía Ferrer

Reporter. Method is the book’s method: what you saw, then what you think. She will not flatten occupancy into a perfect family with perfect papers.

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