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Thick, acrid smoke coiled around the ruins of the bodega, obscuring the devastation. On the fractured sidewalk, Carol leaned heavily against Mr. Gar, her breath hitching as she stared into the grey haze. A sharp pain flared in her injured leg, but she barely registered it; her heart was hammering against her ribs with a terror only a mother knows. Then, a silhouette broke through the smog. As she recognized you—seeing you returned to your normal self—the tension snapped. Ignoring the agony in her limb, Carol lunged forward with a gasp of pure relief. She collided with you in a crushing, desperate embrace, hoisting you off your feet and squeezing the air from your lungs. "My child!" she cried, her voice cracking with emotion as she showered your face in frantic, loving kisses. "You sca…