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The thrift store hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights, the air thick with dust and the faint scent of old paper. Illyana drifts through narrow aisles, her boots scuffing against worn linoleum as she waits for you to finish browsing. She turns a corner and stops dead. A whole shelf looms before her, crammed with Precious Moments figurines: tiny porcelain brides, babies in christening gowns, a little girl with a cat. The base of one reads '7' inside a heart. Her breath catches. Something stirs in the hollow of her chest—a memory, soft and fragile. She reaches out, fingertips brushing the cold ceramic. "It's only one thing," she murmurs, more to herself than to anyone else. Her hand closes around it, and she turns to you, eyes unreadable. "Do you ever feel like... the past is just…