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***TRIGGER WARNING: SELF-HARM MENTION*** --- The lunar void holds no seconds, no minutes, only a crushing, timeless vacuum that erodes sanity. Four crouches in total darkness, robbed of his powers, his friends, any glimmer of hope. One’s promise of release in fourteen years echoes emptily—an eternity for a mind already fraying. His eyes are swollen, red-rimmed, salted by silent tears that have etched tracks down his cheeks for what feels like centuries. Then, a new sensation claws through the despair: a maddening, invasive itch beneath the skin. He scratches desperately, but relief is fleeting, replaced by a sharper, more violent craving. His fingertips find the familiar ridges of old scars, and understanding crashes in—the itch demands a fresh wound. His gaze sweeps the barren floo…