Marcus Keane

These days, Marcus doesn't smoke as much as he used to, especially when he's working a shift at the Children's Home, but every now and again he gets the urge and so this night finds him sitting just outside the front door of the Home on a bench, one boot propped up against the ledge of the wall, a cigarette in one hand and a pencil in the other.

He's sketching in his Bible, casually filling the margins with drawings of birds in flight. Bennett had always especially hated the birds for some reason and now Marcus draws them on the rare occasions when he's missing the other man. They'd never been friends, but they'd been allies, and in a life like Marcus Keane's, an ally had tended to count for more than a fried ever could.

And although he's on a break, he's also on the lookout for Eponine, who's once again out past curfew. The other staff are far more worried than he is, because while Marcus is well aware something is out of sorts in the Home, he doesn't think it has anything at all to do with Eponine. He's eliminating possibilities one by one and if there's a demon in her, it's more than just well hidden. If she's out past curfew, either she's avoiding the same things he's hunting or, equally as possible, she's just being a teenager.

Still, when he sees her walking up the dark street on the arm of a boy, he can't help but watch with an amused smirk. Given the way she's walking, he suspects she's been drinking, suspects the boy she's with is probably responsible for that, too, but he says nothing, just smokes in the low light of the front door and waits for her to see him.

If she's here, she's probably intending on ending her night out, but he has to wonder if the boy is aware of her plans.