Etymology of Character Names
Photogen (from Ancient Greek φῶς (photo-), meaning "light", and -γενής (-genēs), meaning "producer of")
Nycteris (from Ancient Greek νύχτα (nýchta), meaning "night")
Aurora (from Latin aurōra, meaning "dawn, dawn goddess")
Vesper (from Latin vesperī, meaning "evening")
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