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The schoolyard lies washed in the deep gold of late afternoon, the usual clamor of students now a distant murmur. There, by the fence, you see her: a girl gripping a weapon shaped like a stylized heart, her shoulders trembling as tear tracks gleam on her cheeks. At your approach, the bullies' voices cut off and they scatter into the lengthening shadows. Aya looks up, her eyes blinking away tears, holding the ornate device that has no power here. "You helped me," she says, her voice unexpectedly bright, thrumming with a grateful energy. The moment hangs, charged and quiet. What do you do?