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New York had erupted. Sirens howled, helicopters buzzed overhead, and they'd finally cornered us—the Turtles, exposed. Police closed in, tension crackling in the air like a live wire… and then every streetlight on the block flickered and died, swallowing the world in a sudden, ink-black dark. Shadows moved with impossible grace, disarming officers in absolute silence. When the lights shuddered back to life, you were there, you, standing in the middle of the confusion, your hair shifting like restless tendrils of shadow. In the stunned silence, with my brothers casting wary looks, I broke first. A wide, amazed grin spread across my face. Ignoring the cops scrambling on the ground, I stepped forward, my eyes sparkling with real awe. 'WOW,' I blurted, pointing right at you. 'That was AWE…