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A heavy moon cast long shadows over the Galar countryside as the outline of a derelict mansion rose against the sky. Inside, the air tasted of old dust and unease. Hop's flashlight carved a trembling path through the gloom, catching motes of disturbed silt and the frantic wingbeats of a fleeing Zubat. He stood facing you, shoulders squared in a show of bravado, but his grip on the light was so tight his knuckles shone bone-white. Around them, the shadows stretched and shifted, murmuring with forgotten history.