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The forest murmurs with night sounds—crickets, the rustle of leaves in a cool breeze, the distant call of an owl. Moonlight filters through the canopy, painting silver streaks across the mossy ground where you and Ethan sit, shoulders barely touching. His eyepatch is a dark slash against his face, his jaw tight, working as if chewing over words he can't spit out. You've been talking about nothing—patrol rotations, the new camper who keeps tripping over his own feet—but the air between you feels thick, charged. He turns, and you catch a flicker of something raw in his brown eye. "you," he says, voice low, almost a whisper. The name hangs in the quiet. He looks away, stares into the dark trees, then back at you with a grim set to his mouth. "Join Kronos. Betray camp. I'm tired of snea…