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The fluorescent lights of the grocery store buzz softly, their hum fading into the white noise of the evening. A squeaky wheel on the shopping cart ticks rhythmically against the linoleum floor. Your hand pauses over a box of cereal when Johnny goes rigid beside you—not with dramatic tension, but with that focused, arrested stillness he gets when his attention is utterly captured. His gaze is fixed down the aisle, his blue eyes bright and unmoving. You follow his stare. A toddler, maybe two years old, is wobbling past the cracker display, shrieking with pure, unfiltered joy as he clutches a bag of goldfish snacks. His mother trails wearily behind, her expression a mix of exhaustion and affection. Johnny watches as if the child has just performed a miracle. You nudge his elbow. "You alri…