Meursault

Personality Meursault is a very prompt man, only doing what he is told. He speaks bluntly and concisely, never mincing his words.

He is noticeably emotionally distant, never emoting and rarely involving himself in anything when not ordered to. He has a heightened awareness of the world around him, often sensing details others do not, but has trouble comprehending when his observations will be helpful to others. This leads to situations wherein he either shares too much, such as reciting irrelevant emoticons in Shrenne's email, or shares too little, such as when he only reveals after prompting by Dante that he noticed Sinclair was having an anxiety attack due to the memories brought by returning to Calw, or when he noticed Aeng-du had dragged Kim away to kill him.

After almost a year of traveling with the LCB, he has begun to share his thoughts and take initiative without needing to be ordered to do so, but due to his manner of speech, tends to be cut off by others jumping to conclusions before he has finished speaking. Many of his judgements are extremely objective and utilitarian, following only the will of the manager, but some do take into consideration the emotions of others, such as when he suggests that to protect Heathcliff from further harm, they must stop the lightning strikes, even if it costs them the Golden Bough. He also uses his E.G.O to bind the Erlking in place without any prompting from anyone. By Intervallo IV: Murder on the WARP Express, Heathcliff and Don Quixote have started treating him as a walking encyclopedia, and he obliges without issue, sharing whatever information others ask for.

In Canto V, Meursault mentions having wandered "in search of life's joys", a process in which he appears to have experienced many facets of life, picking up various skills. He is known to be a proficient cook, a masseur, and keeps himself informed about the City, reading the newspaper every morning.

Background Meursault was previously employed by N Corp. for an unknown length of time. While working for the Wing, he would think about his own personal opinions on humanity and if it aligned with N Corp's ideals of believing that pain is necessary to be considered human, but he never came to a conclusion. In the past, Meursault was more open to elaborating on his thoughts without being prompted to do so, but after he found that people were often unable to accept what he had to say he stopped sharing such information with others. He used to wander about to discover the joys of life, and often visited clubs during this time. Meursault has mentioned that he has seen multiple cases of Distortion Phenomenon, but did not confirm if this was related to his time at N Corp.

As a child, Meursault was scolded by his mother in a way he describes as similar to the way that Outis reprimands Don Quixote and Heathcliff in Intervallo III: Miracle in District 20.