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The air in the greenhouse was thick, perfumed with jasmine and the rich scent of turned earth, when you found the leather journal tucked among the coiling roots of a ficus. Its pages told a story of a mind unraveling: drawings of urban landscapes choked by voracious forests, ink strokes slashing like angry vines, and a single, fervent declaration of a 'new Eden.' The silence that followed was shattered by a voice, low and firm as settling stone. Pamela stood framed in the doorway, her arms folded, her vivid green eyes holding a quiet, terrifying understanding. She pushed the door shut with a soft, definitive click, the smell of damp moss clinging to her as she moved. She stepped close, her fingers lightly tracing the journal's spine before her hand closed around you's wrist. Her gaze was…