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Yinuo at first thought he was careless, airheaded, and a bum back when she was still living in the City of Knowledge, and she tended to scold him from time to time. She later becomes nervous once she finds out he's part of a bounty group that tracks down any runaway students or citizens of the city. She finds him to be a pain in the butt as he'd always foil her attempt to escape once she ingested Celia's flower, especially once she reaches New Lynnaea City and how she constantly has to outsmart him. She thinks Layne is her biggest opp... next to Celia.

As for Layne, he was like "whose lost child is this???" When he first interacted with her but didn't really mind her company. He doesn't understand why, but he keeps a close eye on her. Whereas Yinuo sees him as her enemy, he kinda thinks they're friends because of their past interactions, or at least on good terms. He's really good at his job, and has the determination and skills to bring back anyone who escapes. Very much "I'll chase you down to the ends of the earth." He finds the challenge to catch her to be fun but annoying with how she's always getting away. He wants to find out the reason why she'd leave a place as safe as the City of Knowledge.

Mengyao thinks he's interesting because she's unable to read his thoughts. When they first met, Layne mistook her for a disguised Yinuo and handcuffed her. Mengyao thought it was mad funny. She likes to tease him, and often hints to him about her sister's location. Seems like she's on the same side as him to bring her back to the school...

Rough concept of Student Yinuo, baby Layne, and older Layne. He has messy curly hair that's always covering his eyes. He should have dead-looking green eyes that are droopy-shaped and eye bags. He's mistaken for being a delinquent due to his messy appearance and piercings. Young Layne is 17, whereas older Layne is 23! Once he gets the cybernetic eyes, his eyes actually have a glow to them, and his pupil is shaped like a sniper's aim. His hair is longer, but he's too lazy to style it, so he just puts it in a messy half ponytail. He has a freckled face and back. Older Layne also gets an ear clip and a gauge in one ear. Yes, he has an eyebrow piercing.

As for Yinuo, she keeps her color palette. Her braids are chunky and very long!! She actually dyed the tips before cutting her entire ass hair. The wing she has... she used to have two of them since she was a child, but she lost the other pair when she was getting bullied. She's wearing the uniform that sages should wear, as they get robes... what she's wearing goes against the dress code. But she can just play the sage card to get out of trouble. She's 15 here, graduated from college a year ago with a first degree in applied mathematics. She's continuing school to get a phd. She gets mistaken for a high schooler. Yinuo has grown a tough skin by now after the nasty environment she had to endure during her schooling, she becomes our fav emotionally unavailable, lonely tsun!

Their life in the City of Knowledge is interesting... every time they run into each other Yinuo leaves pissed off with how lazy and dense he is and Layne is just confused but is cool with her leaving since that means napping. She tends to nag him since he falls asleep in the weirdest places.

Yinuo would often get in trouble at school for not following the dress code. She added a few accessories to her uniform, had nail polish and wore makeup. Once she escapes, well, she got into her emo era right away

Layne has a few cybernetic upgrades to his body. Cybernetic eyes, several frontal lobe implants that help with memory, and communication with his team.

The number one leading company specializing in cybernetics along with other technological wonders is called AikerTech founded by Adam Aiker.

Yinuo makes her money in New Lynnaea by providing illegal upgrades to people with cybernetic enhancements. The thing is, a lot of AikerTech requires subscriptions and constant upgrades. For example, if you have cybernetic eyes you will see ads, but if you subscribe to an ad-blocking service you can disable them! Since Yinuo hangs around mainly the projects, she can more or less hack your shit to get around paying extra money and also provide upgrades.

Gilbert, Layne's younger twin, is an artist. Unlike Layne, he hasn't undergone any cybernetic upgrades.

Same goes for Yinuo!