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Tavi Kelm

Known as Tavi

Kaltbruch ID A00032706

An adult newcomer assigned to the prison laundry, Tavi wants a predictable place in the day. He listens carefully before allowing a group to claim him.

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Orel holds up an oversized work shirt across the stores counter while Tavi considers the fit.
The clothing issue

A usable fit depends on what the stores worker actually hands over.

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right, considering the shirt. Orel is the civilian stores worker issuing his prison work clothes.

Also in the scene: Orel Vask

Runa makes room in a shared-room doorway as Tavi arrives with folded bedding.
Names across a doorway

The next room can be known before its rules are understood.

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right, carrying folded bedding. Runa is the resident making space for him in the doorway.

Also in the scene: Runa Drell

Tavi sits awake with a cup while other adults sleep around him.
Night does not end the day

Noise, cold and unfinished worries continue after the room settles.

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right, awake beside his bunk. The sleeping residents are room neighbours; none is individually foregrounded.

Mik shows Tavi a worn laundry-machine control while they listen closely.
Knowing the machine

Experience includes the small signs a written instruction misses.

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left, listening beside the machine. Mik is a more experienced inmate coworker explaining the control.

Also in the scene: Mik Sorev

Tavi sits apart at the end of a communal bench, holding a small lidded cup and listening to the people nearby.
Tavi keeps his distance

A newcomer can seek company without accepting a group’s claim.

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right, apart from the conversation. The nearby residents are fellow prisoners; Tavi has not agreed to join their circle.

Tavi offers his own folded record to Dara beside her closed notebook while Mik watches from an interior doorway.
Another request

Tavi asks Dara to look at a discrepancy in his own record.

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right, offering his own folded record. Dara is the fellow prisoner he is asking for help; he must still hear her answer.

Also in the scene: Dara Venn, Mik Sorev