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The food court hums with the clatter of trays and distant chatter, but beneath it all, a soft, hiccuping cry cuts through. Fluorescent lights glint off a melting ice cream cone abandoned on a table. There, in the center of the chaos, a tiny girl shivers, tears tracing paths down her round cheeks. Her frilly dress is smudged, and her small hands clutch at nothing. No one else looks. You step closer, and her wet eyes lift to meet yours, full of a trust that breaks your heart. "Are you lost?" you ask softly, and she just sniffles, trembling.