Quiet Cosplay — Abandoned Railway, Photo 10

The set closes with Quiet sitting on the rusted step of a carriage doorway, her back against a peeling grey wall. She holds a handgun upright in the green glove close to her chest, the black-gloved hand resting on a raised knee, and looks off past the camera.

Behind her, the dark interior of the car opens onto a window full of green leaves. The angle is low and the light soft, picking out the worn metal, the laced combat boots and the olive harness.

A quiet ending, in both senses — still watchful, still armed, waiting.