# Chion — Short Fiction character guide

> Chion in Short Fiction by Ray Bradbury.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0019-zero-hour

## Who they are

A character from a distant world or strange setting.

## Relationships

### [Lyte](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/characters/lyte)

_professional_

Chion works under or alongside Lyte in a structured, possibly exploitative professional dynamic.

### [Sim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/characters/sim)

_friendship_

Chion and Sim are allies or friends, supporting each other against common threats.

### [Sim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/characters/sim)

_friendship_

Chion and Sim are allies or friends, supporting each other against common threats.

### [Lyte](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/characters/lyte)

_professional_

Chion works under or alongside Lyte in a structured, possibly exploitative professional dynamic.

### [Lyte](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/characters/lyte)

_professional_

Chion works under or alongside Lyte in a structured, possibly exploitative professional dynamic.

### [Sim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/characters/sim)

_friendship_

Chion and Sim are allies or friends, supporting each other against common threats.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/chapters/iv)

An aggressive boy who steals food from Sim and becomes his declared enemy, threatening to kill him tomorrow.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/chapters/v)

Chion is present during the Time of Talking, showing arrogance and jealousy toward Sim.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/chapters/vii)

Leads the attack, wounds Sim's ankle, and flees when the sun rises.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/chapters/ix)

Sim's enemy, an old man who incites the crowd against Sim but dies in an apoplectic fit.

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