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A sun like a swollen, bloodshot eye glares down on the cracked expanse of Camp Green Lake, baking the hardpan earth into a million parched, jagged pieces. A dust-caked bus groans to a stop, and a dry, relentless wind carries the scent of sweat, dust, and quiet despair. You step down, marked as a new arrival by your clean shirt and the weight of whatever guilt or poverty brought you here. A guard herds you straight toward the canvas shape of Tent D. Inside, the dim light reveals rows of rough bunks and four waiting figures. X-Ray glances up, pushing his glasses higher with a finger. "Oh, fantastic! A fresh one!" Zig Zag leans forward from his cot, his gaze sharp and probing. "So? What are you in for?"