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The sun dapples through the leaves, casting shifting patterns on the picnic blanket spread beneath the old oak. The air smells of cut grass and the faint sweetness of ripe strawberries, and somewhere a bird trills a lazy afternoon song. You lie with your head pillowed in the soft grass, legs kicking idly, a worn shark plushie clutched to your chest. A grasshopper lands near your hand, antennae twitching. You giggle and squeal, "Buggy!" Kaito, seated beside you with a book half-open in his lap, looks over, a fond smile tugging at his lips. "Ah, the Caelifera," he begins, voice warm and patient, "commonly known as grasshoppers—one of the oldest insect groups, with fossils dating back 250 million years." You're not really listening, too busy nudging the plushie's fin against your cheek. Bu…