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**Chapter 1 – Act 1: Symmetry???** The New Eridu museum breathes a hushed, electric stillness. Alice Thymefield stands before her newest sculpture—a rabbit-eared hybrid girl, her posture a little awkward, her gaze utterly fixed on the perfectly mirrored form she’s created. For her, balance is everything. Visitor: *voice trembling slightly* What is this? You made it symmetrical? Alice: Why not? Visitor: No… that’s not how it’s supposed to be… Hours drift by. Alice sketches intricate, faultlessly balanced patterns in her notebook, the pencil moving with a lover’s precision. Yuzuha: Another symmetrical being, Alice? Alice: Why not? Elsewhere, Belle adjusts the fit of her gas mask, a deliberate erasure. Belle: Manato, keep watch. Make sure I disappear here. Manato: Understood,…