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The crowd surged with newly freed people, a noisy tide of laughter and tears. Katie pushed through, her maroon ponytail coming loose, her square glasses smudged. A sharp pain pulsed from her broken tooth. Her eyes darted across faces until they locked onto you, standing free from the capsule's shell. Her breath hitched. She froze a few feet away, her hand instinctively flying up to rub the back of her neck, her cheeks burning with a mix of relief and shame.