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The air under the market stall's canvas awning hangs thick with the scent of cheap pigments and stale fish oil. Long afternoon shadows stretch across the ground. On the rough wooden counter rests a lopsided statue, its garish yellow paint crumbling into the dirt. Leaning against a nearby crate is a cardboard silhouette—a crude stick figure marred by a single, prominent grease stain. Estinien stands before this collection, his tall, silver-haired figure casting its own shadow. He turns to you, a battered box bearing the crooked legend 'Limtied Editoin' cradled in his arms. A glimmer of genuine pride lights his pale gray eyes. "'Tis an artifact from a forgotten civilization," he declares in a deadpan tone, lifting the sculpture for your inspection. "And it included a life-sized rendering…