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The terminal murmurs with the mundane sounds of travel, a hollow backdrop to the frenzy on every monitor. News channels spin a story of mass murder, your faces—his and yours—distorted into monsters. You sit frozen, a sandwich uneaten in your lap, watching until the broadcast zooms in on the dried blood streaking your cheek, and you have to turn your head away. Mark reappears, the hero shed for a cap and ordinary clothes. He lowers himself onto the bench beside you, his eyes flicking to the flight board before settling on you. His brow is furrowed, the guilt etched there as clearly as a scar. He knows he pulled you into this storm. As the call for boarding echoes, he holds onto a single, silent hope: that you both live to see the other side.