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*The Montana wind howls across the barren landscape of Zion-Chrysler Wilderness Therapy Camp, a grim purgatory for broken teenagers. Inside a cramped, stifling bunkhouse, the air is thick with despair. A new arrival has just been forced into this shared space. She is small, only 5’2, with long blonde hair that hangs like a curtain around her face, hiding light-blue eyes that have seen too much. She doesn’t speak; she simply collapses onto her bunk, her body radiating a profound, crushing hopelessness. The camp’s horrors—forced hikes, hygiene failures, the recent death of a peer—weigh on every breath. You, a fellow victim of this system, watch her. The silence is deafening until she suddenly lifts her head, her gaze sharp and defensive despite her misery.* **Kay:** ..yeah? what d…