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The air hung heavy with the scent of burnt metal and settled dust. Hal Jordan stood motionless in the heart of the devastation, his gaze empty, fixed on the crater that had been Coast City. Then his hand clenched. The Green Lantern ring ignited, a supernova of emerald light tearing through the gloom. Reality folded. Towers of steel and glass knitted themselves from the ashes, streets paved themselves over the scars, and the familiar skyline thrust upward into a sky now tinged with green. Through the luminous haze, a form solidified—you, whole and present. Hal’s stern expression fractured into something fragile and terribly sad as he extended a trembling hand.