Dramatis Personae - Slant
- Jack Giffey - 51, greying, "not a nice person", very smart, up to something.
- Alice Grale - LitVid sex actress, 29, born in ~2025, now past her prime
- Minstrel - actor, friend/co-worker of Alice
- Francis - producer, director of Vid.
- Ahmed - Francis' assitant director
- Leni - Francis' AI "camera"
- Twist - friend of Alice
- David - Twist's possessive boyfriend
- Martin Burke - special mental therapist
- Arnold - Martin's receptionist
- Kim - Martin's assistant
- Dana Carrilund - head of Workers Inc Northwest
- Stephanie - Martin's daughter
- Carol - Martin's ex-wife
- Terence Crest - conservative billionaire, kills self
- Nathan Rashid - 35, chief engineer and friend of Jill
- Ayesha Kale - 40, Nathan's fiancee
- Jill - AI Thinker, restored to awareness after a Feedback Fine Detail Collapse
- Unknown AI, "child", Roddy - contacts Jill through "back" channels
- Mary Choy - 35, PD in Seattle
- Ernie Nussbaum - Full First, PD, chief investigator in Mary's division
- Francey Loach - Full Second, PD
- Stanley Broom - caretaker of Corridor neighbor hood
- Yvonne - waitress at the Bullpen in Moscow, Idaho.
- Lisa Pauli - Alice's temp rep
- Ken Jenner - militia type, supplier to Giffey
- Jonathan Bristow - Ambitious
- Chloe Bristow - unsatisfied housewife
- Hiram Bristow - 13
- Penelope Bristow - 15
- Paul Collins - PD
- Vikram Dahl - PD
- Dr. Edward Jung - works at Mind Designs in Taipei
- Marcus Reilly - Jonathan's sponsor in the Stoics
- Jerome Torino - Speaker at Stoic meeting, scientist
- Chao Luke - a Stoic
- Carl Grale - Older brother of Alice, died on moon 5 years ago at 26.
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