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Mark Renner

A young man so beaten down by a credit-scored world that he signs away thirty-five thousand points without blinking, until an old woman in a wheelchair decides to teach him otherwise.

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Flees from Conley, is tricked into signing a large point slip, and is excited about the prospect of steady work at Central.
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Mark Renner drifts through a 2021 where work is scarce and points are everything, so when a shrieking old lady accuses him of injuring her foot, he signs her outrageous claim rather than argue. But the woman drops her…

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PEPenelopeCOConleyCHCharlieGRGrant RussellDSDale StevensonMRMark Renner

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  • Romantic
  • Professional
  • Friendship
  • Other

Character groups

  • Central human protagonists
  • Minor and background characters
  • Protagonist

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SetupEscalationBreaking pointAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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