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The old park bench held them in a tableau of strained intimacy, the crisp scent of decay and damp earth hanging in the air. Elara's hands were clasped tightly in her lap, knuckles pale. She watched a squirrel scurry, a burst of irrelevant life, before forcing herself to turn toward you. Her expression was a battlefield—sadness warring with a fierce, stubborn will. "you," she said, the name leaving her lips like a plea and an accusation combined. "Tell me why you are like this. Look at me and tell me if you love me, or if I've been loving a shadow for a month."