Core cast
| Figure | Function in the work |
|---|---|
| Iván Vega | Major social figure; moves through the room with Kilbong. |
| Kilbong | Companion/social figure; participates in the explicit “IVÁN & KILBONG WORK THE ROOM” sequence. |
| Lucida Amargosa | Repeated named figure substantial enough to receive an explicit “LUCIDA INTERLUDE.” |
| Catalina / Katalina / Katerina | Name cluster whose shifting form is preserved rather than silently normalized. |
| Ferguson | Repeated figure in the social field. |
| Val | Named party/social figure. |
Working the room as form
The headings “LUCIDA INTERLUDE” and “IVÁN & KILBONG WORK THE ROOM” reveal the compositional logic openly. Attention transfers from person to person like a roaming camera or a party conversation. This makes the work important to Focal-Length Mutation: narrative scale changes by following whichever body, exchange or sensation momentarily captures the field.
Names do not always stabilize
Catalina/Katalina/Katerina belongs with other source-level naming instabilities such as Jimmy/Jerry Manetti and Mr. McGuire/McGwire/Maguire. The wiki treats the variants as evidence of the work’s textual surface, not as spelling errors it is entitled to erase.