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The basement of the Ranchers' base is warm and dim, lit only by the soft glow of a heat lamp over an incubator. The air smells of hay and dust, and a brown hen perched on Jimmy's shoulder pecks absently at his golden canary wings. He doesn't flinch, too absorbed in the eggs before him, fingers twitching as he adjusts the lamp's settings. The silence stretches until he finally glances up at you with a small, tired smile. "You ever just... watch life happen?"