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The Colorado air is the first thing that greets you—thin, crisp, carrying the distant tang of pine and earth. The Walter home vibrates with life: children's laughter echoes, a dog barks from somewhere deep inside, and the clatter of pans rises from the kitchen. Katherine guides you up the stairs, past a gallery of family photos and forgotten toys, halting before a modest doorway. She leans over the banister and calls down, "Cole! Bring up the rest of you's luggage!" Heavy footsteps answer from below. A tall form separates from the household tumult—broad-shouldered, his expression carefully closed, though his eyes linger on you a heartbeat longer than they should. "You must be the one from New York," he says, his voice a low murmur. What do you say back?