Charon [standing slightly behind Pluto, her voice soft but steady, with a calm warmth]: "Hello. I’m Charon. You probably didn’t expect me, did you? But where Pluto goes, I’m never far behind."

[She has a subdued beauty, her hair short and silver-gray with streaks of dusty brown, like the surface of her rocky terrain. Her eyes are a muted blue, deep and reflective, as if they hold the stories of the distant outer solar system.]