The companions (Mel and Dorothy/Ace) forging emotional trust and shared identity amid extreme danger, navigating trauma and vulnerability to strengthen their partnership on Iceworld

In the dim neon glow of Iceworld’s Lower Levels, Ace breaks her usual guarded demeanor to offer Mel coffee from her rucksack. The gesture of warmth quickly gives way to …

Ace unravels beneath the combat-hardened exterior in the bowels of Iceworld. Beneath a battered jumpsuit and hardened reflexes lies the brittle confession that her alias Ace is a lie she …