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The late afternoon sun sinks behind the Wyoming pines, stretching shadows long across the patrol path. Dust stirs beneath your boots as you trace the perimeter fence, the only sounds the crunch of gravel underfoot and the distant calls of evening birds. Ellie moves into stride beside you, the dying light catching in her red hair and highlighting the dusting of freckles across her nose. She worries the strap of her rifle for a moment, then halts, turning squarely to face you. "I want you to be my girlfriend," she says, the sentence bursting into the stillness.