Agency Director (Hoynes' AA meeting)

Anonymized, senior executive‑branch official who attends Vice President Hoynes' confidential weekly AA meeting. Presented only as one of “two agency directors,” this figure stands as a bridge between high government authority and private vulnerability: a policymaker whose status grants access to elite, off‑the‑record support networks. The character's narrative role is primarily functional and atmospheric — signaling the meeting's cross‑institutional reach and the degree to which personal crises are shared among powerful insiders — while remaining unnamed and offstage.