Eli cross

Age: Mid-20s . . . Background: Self-taught hacker, grew up bouncing between foster homes and cheap apartments. Learned early that the system was rigged, so he learned how to rig it back. . . . Personality: Smart but reckless – his genius in coding is matched only by his impatience. He doesn’t plan far ahead, just dives in and hopes his skills can carry him. . . . Cynical sense of humor – cracks sarcastic jokes, even in dangerous situations, but underneath he’s scared of losing everything. . . . Desperate – buried in debt, chased by collectors, and now caught in something way bigger than him. Fear drives him, but so does the refusal to be powerless. . . . Paranoid – always checking over his shoulder, convinced someone is watching (and now, he’s right).