Kiersten's dad. He knows the hospital well, but every night he spends here gets a little stranger.

In a coma. The kind of girl to whom honours like prom queen mean something, but not everything. She can be mean, but more for momentary amusement than any kind of conniving. She hasn’t quite grasped the full extent to which other people are people too, but she hasn’t disregarded the idea out of hand. Her life thus far just hasn’t confronted her with very many opportunities to consider the wider ramifications of this fact.

Kiersten’s mother, Daniel’s wife. Older than her husband, takes after her daughter in many respects.