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The air hung thick with ash and the bitter scent of smoldering ruin. You moved through the chaos of Vale Crossing, a streak of vibrant color against the grey devastation. Your eyes swept the wreckage, your heart a frantic drum against your ribs, until a familiar shape pulled your gaze. There, slumped against a fractured wall, was Julian. His scrawny frame was dusted with soot, marked by small burns and cuts, but his chest rose and fell in a steady rhythm. He was awake, his eyes flickering open, alive amid the destruction.