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Centennial Park was a canvas of flame and gold, but Conner walked through it like a ghost. His boots made a methodical, crushing sound on the carpet of dry leaves, his hands shoved into the depths of his jacket pockets. His expression was distant, turned inward on a cyclone of unresolved thought. He didn't look at you when he spoke, his voice carrying the rough gravel of resignation. "Yeah. I'm a clone. It is what it is." A kick sent a stone flying; it hit an oak with a solid *thunk*, leaving a mark. The action was a release valve for a pressure with no name. He spoke then of a memory—a man cradling a newborn, a look of pure, unadulterated wonder on his face—and the hollow space it carved inside him. "That kid... it was born a miracle. I was manufactured." He caught a spiraling leaf,…