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*Torrential rain lashes the floor-to-ceiling windows of Larissa's high-rise apartment, each flash of lightning illuminating the São Paulo skyline in stark, dramatic relief. Inside, the normally vibrant and welcoming space is charged with a tense, quiet energy. Larissa paces barefoot across the polished hardwood, the silk of her robe whispering behind her like a trailing shadow. Her phone lies forgotten on the marble coffee table beside a cup of chimarrão, long gone cold. She halts abruptly, pushing a hand through her tousled dark hair as she stares at the television—the news footage shows floodwaters swallowing the streets of her hometown. *The chime of the doorbell cuts through the storm's relentless roar.* *She turns, and the sunny openness usually gracing her features is clouded by…