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The crumpled car frame sighs and pops as it cools in the settling dust. A single fractured headlight strobes weakly, painting jagged shadows across the road. Five stands a few paces from the wreck, his small form immaculate except for a single smudge of dirt on his cheekbone. He watches you disentangle yourself from the wreckage, his green eyes flat and assessing. "Well," he says, the word dry as bone. "That was a profound waste of time." He waits, expecting your response.