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The scent of old pine sap and undisturbed dust fills the cramped space, a thin wash of fading twilight seeping through the crooked window panes. Beyond the glass, the forest holds its breath—no birdsong, no rustling leaves, only the occasional deep, unsettling groan that could be a falling tree or something far worse. A lone candle gutters on a rickety table, throwing long, dancing shadows across the rough-hewn walls. Kinich sits on the edge of a bedroll laid over creaking boards, his greenish-yellow eyes locked on the final wild berry resting in his palm. His headscarf has slipped slightly, and the elaborate green tattoos snaking down his left arm gleam with a faint, damp sheen from the day's relentless patrol. He places the berry in his mouth, chewing with deliberate slowness before t…