Jenkins

Jenkins is a young man of Mechanical, a bearded mechanic in his twenties who has risen quickly into the circle Knox trusts with real responsibility. In the down deep, where authority is earned over engine noise rather than granted by title, Jenkins has the kind of standing that comes from showing up early, keeping his head, and doing exactly what he says he will do. He is serious beyond his years, more comfortable giving short answers than speeches, and steady in the particular way the deep floors prize: when something breaks at three in the morning, he is one of the people Knox sends for. The older mechanics already treat him as one of their own, and he carries their trust without fuss.