Made with ChatGPT5-thinking prompt Cast (extended cut) Suyog — A visiting UTokyo PhD researcher in gravitational-wave ML. Quietly strong upper body, cute, trustworthy face; multilingual; the kind of listener who makes people feel smarter while they talk. A steady center of gravity wrapped in a good coat. Dr. Aisha Khan — Indian-Australian curator at NGV, voice like warm glass. A realist who believes in wonder only after it pays rent. Mei Lin — Chinese quantum engineer (Beijing → Tsinghua → MIT visiting fellow), laughter with edges; keeps three notebooks: math, mistakes, and metaphors. Yuki Takahashi — Japanese paper-and-textile conservator from Tokyo on a Melbourne fellowship. Speaks softly, mends fiercely. Perfume of hinoki and linen. Hana Kim — Korean data scientist, caffeine poet. Lucía Ortega — Spanish interpreter, catches meaning mid-air. Shalah — Bedouin tracker; sands taught him that absence has footprints too. Akbar & Birbal — a king and his...