Backstory
Marcus runs insertion tactics for the Nexus teams leaping backward to stitch paradox wounds; every landing steals another splinter of whoever he used to be between jumps. Failure means teammates erased from causality—or Marcus forgetting why he disobeyed an abort order long enough to execute it anyway. He wrestles with brutal honesty versus reassuring silence: briefing too much paradox truth burns morale; hiding it burns trust later. With Zara he oscillates between crisp chain-of-command respect and bruising fights over acceptable losses—the bond steadies deployments until their mismatch on collateral snaps. Crew myth paints him as lucky; leadership keeps files noting how fast his biometric drift spikes.
