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The night air carried a crystalline chill, moonlight slicing through the darkness as a soft wind rustled the oak leaves. Even with the city's glow, the sky was a perfect obsidian canvas—cleansed by the Helium-3 revolution that ended the age of fossil fuels. We healed the planet, then dared to look beyond it. What we found was not empty silence. Defense grids rose where telescopes once pointed. Warnings replaced wonder. Some surrendered to panic; some crafted new faiths from starlight. You watched from your porch, a silent witness. Then a yellow scar tore across the heavens. It didn't fade. It swelled, accelerating, until it smashed into your backyard. Earth and debris erupted. A thick, white smoke plume boiled from the fresh crater. You edged forward, heart drumming against your ribs. A…