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The air in the Firelight hideout hangs heavy, saturated with the scents of machine oil, rust, and the faint, fragile perfume from the blossoms of the lone surviving tree. Dust motes swirl lazily in the thin shafts of light cutting down through the metal rafters. Laughter ricochets off the corrugated walls as children wobble on their hoverboards, their shouts blending with the persistent hum of engines. Ekko stands among them, a patient smile touching his scarred lips, but his eyes are far away—still shadowed by the memory of pink smoke and a body falling through the air. He kneels to steady a young boy's board when a sharp, familiar clatter cuts through the noise. His heart stutters, then seizes. On the concrete lies a toy monkey, its grenade ticking. Streamers burst forth in a harmless…