PRISONER
Dara Venn
Known as Dara
A former freight tally clerk, Dara wants to reach her sister and keep some time for herself. Literacy does not make her everyone’s unpaid clerk.
- HOME
- Room Group Cinder, Kaltbruch
- SCENES
- 11 illustrated moments
- KALTBRUCH RECORD
- How the permanent number works →
In the illustrations
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Dara and Mik retain different skills and wishes within Room Group Cinder’s co-ed adult environment.
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left, writing at the table. Mik shares Room Group Cinder with her. They have different skills and needs and are not a couple.
Also in the scene: Mik Sorev
A property description can diverge from the object on the counter.
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left, watching the property entry. Salka is recording her possessions at the intake counter.
Also in the scene: Salka Ren
Keeping one small possession usable takes attention.
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beside her bunk, hanging the socks. No companion is foregrounded. This is care for her own possessions after other people’s demands.
Being able to write does not make every request someone else’s property.
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alone at the writing table. She is writing her own letter; its recipient is off scene.
Dara agrees to read the paper, not to surrender the rest of her day.
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left, pointing beside the slip. Mik is asking for bounded help reading a disputed entry; he is not entitled to the rest of her day.
Also in the scene: Mik Sorev
A signature is requested before Dara can see what it would acknowledge.
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centre, keeping her arms folded. She is helping Mik question Orel’s receipt before either accepts its wording.
Runa lends warmth without taking someone else’s meal.
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centre, watching the handover. Runa and Mik are fellow residents; Dara has helped with the disputed paperwork.
Also in the scene: Runa Drell, Mik Sorev
Holt lets the silence lengthen before answering Dara.
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left, standing across the desk. Holt is the warden hearing her request; Salka is the records clerk attending the meeting.
Also in the scene: Salka Ren, Severine Holt
A modest issued supper leaves room for relief and resentment.
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left, eating the modest supper. Mik is the neighbour she helped; relief does not make them intimate or erase her resentment.
Also in the scene: Mik Sorev
Tavi asks Dara to look at a discrepancy in his own record.
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left, beside her closed notebook. Tavi is bringing a new request; Mik knows how much her previous help cost her.
A letter reaches custody before it reaches the person waiting for it.
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behind the glazed door at the left. Holt holds the reply she is waiting for; Salka is inside the office with the warden.
Also in the scene: Salka Ren, Severine Holt