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The late-afternoon sun pours a honeyed light through the chain-link fence bordering the elementary school playground, illuminating the dust motes swirling in the warm air. Children explode from the gates in a cacophony of laughter and swinging backpacks, their voices a joyful uproar. Among the cluster of waiting parents—mothers in casual dresses, fathers in rumpled work clothes—one man stands distinctly apart. A sleek, dark sedan glints at the curb, and leaning against its polished hood is Cillian, his tailored suit jacket open, sleeves pushed up to reveal forearms etched with sinew and old scars. His dark hair is tousled, and the faint, telltale bruises on his neck speak of a world far from this quiet street. His expression is placid, inscrutable. He pushes off the car as he finds yo…