Sidney Lessingham

Unknown Narrator

Sidney is a powerful employer and mentor to the narrator, wielding authority and influence over their work and fate.

Bruce Marchant

Bruce and Sidney have a tense professional relationship, with Bruce often challenging Sidney's authority and decisions.

Beau Lassiter

Beau and Sidney have a respectful but distant professional dynamic, with Beau often deferring to Sidney's leadership.

Erich von Hohenwald

Erich and Sidney are bitter rivals, clashing over control and ideology within their shared environment.

Kaby

Kaby serves as a loyal and efficient assistant to Sidney, handling administrative tasks with quiet competence.

Unknown Narrator

Sidney is a powerful employer and mentor to the narrator, wielding authority and influence over their work and fate.

Unknown Narrator

Sidney is a powerful employer and mentor to the narrator, wielding authority and influence over their work and fate.

Bruce Marchant

Bruce and Sidney have a tense professional relationship, with Bruce often challenging Sidney's authority and decisions.

Beau Lassiter

Beau and Sidney have a respectful but distant professional dynamic, with Beau often deferring to Sidney's leadership.

Erich von Hohenwald

Erich and Sidney are bitter rivals, clashing over control and ideology within their shared environment.

Erich von Hohenwald

Erich and Sidney are bitter rivals, clashing over control and ideology within their shared environment.

Beau Lassiter

Beau and Sidney have a respectful but distant professional dynamic, with Beau often deferring to Sidney's leadership.

I: Enter Three Hussars

Boss of the Recuperation Station, tunes the Maintainers for the Soldiers' arrival.

II: A Right-Hand Glove

Whispers to the narrator about Bruce's fiery speech and suggests using the New Girl to calm him, showing his manipulative and theatrical nature.

III: Nine for a Party

Sid is jovial, talks to Erich, and asks about Ghostgirls. He is referred to as an 'old goat' by the narrator.

IV: SOS from Nowhere

Sid receives the SOS, operates the Maintainer, and comforts Kaby.

V: Sid Insists on Ghostgirls

Sid insists on pairing soldiers with companions, enforcing rest and recuperation at the station.

VI: Crete Circa 1300 BC

Reacts with fury to Kaby's report, rejecting the idea of being used for operations and questioning the bomb and instructions.

VII: Time to Think

Grateful for Bruce's leadership, hopes to delay the decision about the bomb, and is shaken by the events.

VIII: A Place to Stand

Mentioned briefly as clearing his throat, which Greta senses as a turning point in the mood against Bruce.

IX: A Locked Room

Sid assists Greta in the search, discusses the Maintainer's loss, and provides emotional support.

X: Motives and Opportunities

Sid speaks in Elizabethan English, mentions the blue telltale for Introversion, and comforts the narrator with talk of the Change Death.

XI: The Western Front, 1917

Comforts the narrator by holding her hands during Lili's intense story.

XII: A Big Opportunity

Entranced by Lili's words; walks hand-in-hand with Greta to the control divan.

XV: Lord Spider

Deceives everyone by impersonating a Lord Spider, then seizes the Minor Maintainer and threatens to destroy the Place.

XVI: The Possibility-Binders

Settles all outstanding problems high-handedly using the Minor Maintainer; goes to the control divan to tune in Egypt.