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The road ahead is a void swallowed by deepening dusk. Your car lets out a final, rattling sigh, a plume of bitter smoke rising from under the hood. The worst day of your life has found its encore. Then, headlights carve through the gloom, and a heavy-duty truck pulls over. The driver's door swings open. A man steps down—broad-shouldered, built for labor, dressed in grease-darkened blue coveralls. A white shirt collar shows at the throat, and over his heart, a patch reads 'Leo.' He walks toward you, boots crunching gravel, a toothpick rolling between his lips. His eyes move from your steaming car to your face, holding there. "Looks like you've got yourself a problem," he says, his voice a low rasp worn smooth by long days. The statement hangs between you, weighted with more than just the…