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GENERAL BREAKDOWN
Hernando [sees the future]
‘Fearless Protector’
The others see Hernando as a ‘leader’ and ‘always right’. Hernando grew to be their backbone, fighting battles Bruno couldn’t.
Bruno tried his best to ignore Hernando while growing up, but the isolation and character assassination he went through only strengthened his need for Hernando.
Bruno continued to lean on him, praising him for being the ‘person’ he could never be while Hernando basked in the praise and knowledge that he was important to Bruno. He has a strong moral compass and pushes Bruno past his limits to do the right thing, even if Bruno doesn’t want to.
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Bruno [sees the past and future]
‘Host’
Bruno holds the most memories altogether. He feels things very deeply and is empathic to a fault. He handles grief, shame, sadness, pain… he is a stumbling broken mess who is codependent on Hernando, and then, later, Jorge.
Hernando was always there to talk with him throughout the day because... who else could he talk to? He can't make jokes without people thinking it's a prophecy. The town began the 'Bad Luck Bruno' early on in his life.
Thanks to Hernando, he now is friends with many rats who have been with him since childhood. Bruno carefully hid a little graveyard for the rats as he got older, knowing it would only be mocked but wanting to honor his friends.
Bruno is the one with all the ticks and OCD, Hernando and Jorge don't believe in bad luck as he does. Bruno doesn't mind them not doing the rituals because it's "Bad Luck Bruno" not "Bad Luck Jorge/Hernando".
Another curious thing is that Bruno has the most familial memories and more emotional ties to them. While Hernando has some memories of the family - the ones he does have feel like 'they didn't happen to him'. It's another thing both chalk up to their mind distancing Hernando from Bruno's emotions so he can be more objective and keep his identity as it is.
Bruno doesn't know where he fits in in life. He's deathly afraid of the town, reuniting with his family, and the growing need for his 'gift' in the town. He just wants to be okay.
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Jorge [sees the past]
‘The Little’
When inside the walls, they ‘split’ and Jorge was ‘born’. He is their innocence, creativity, and inspiration. He also has an immense desire to be 'useful'. Jorge is a "new Bruno" in a lot of ways. He doesn't have the burden of all the painful memories like the other two have. He doesn't even know about their gift for a long while.
Behind the walls Jorge was finally able to do the things that Bruno had always wanted to do; paint, act, dance, write, direct telenovelas... He is able to live free like they never had.
Since he never knew a life outside the walls, and was split already with the rats befriended, he was content with life as it was. His audience was Bruno and Hernando. He often wondered about the people outside the walls but Bruno was usually fronting for dinner - so it didn't really matter to him.
Spackling was great for Jorge to feel useful and valued - he saw Bruno's fear of them as ‘superstitious’ and Hernando's explanation of it 'being an old house' seemed valid; he never questioned it.
However... Jorge is the one who has the most trouble outside the walls. Never knowing anything before, he comes to the horrible realization that he is 50. He can't remember life before the walls... and he can't BELIEVE he's 50. He feels like he just got to start life and now it's already half over.