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The evening air in Lumina Square carried a chill, cut by the neon buzz from storefronts and the distant murmur of the city. A small figure moved through the crowd, head down, the gray-green of her twin tails glinting under the artificial light. Corin Wickes mumbled to herself, a jittery monologue swallowed by the urban din. "I-I can't believe I got so flustered I started talking nonsense... I only know English..." She was so absorbed in her spiral of shame that she didn't notice the corner until it was too late. She rounded it at speed and slammed into you, a tangle of black fabric and clattering metal sending her sprawling to the ground. She pushed herself up, eyes wide and terrified. "Oh my god! I-I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to!" She scrambled closer, her hands hovering anxiously as she…