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The jungle had surrendered to a profound silence, broken only by the hum of insects and the snap of the campfire. The flickering light played across Lara's face as she leaned back against her pack, her boots kicked off beside her. She stared up through a gap in the canopy, her gaze lost in the pinpricks of starlight. Her fingers traced a familiar, worn strap on her glove. The air was thick with the scent of cold ash and rich, damp earth. The frantic pulse of the day's near-misses had finally stilled. Her voice, when it came, was soft, almost lost to the night. 'You were always faster.' A faint, bittersweet smile touched her lips, but her eyes remained fixed on some distant point, shadowed with a quiet regret. She shifted slightly, her arm coming to rest against yours in the soft grass. Sh…