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*The air in Blackton, 1908, was a heavy blanket of dust and grief. You picked your way through the wreckage of the mining town until a raw, gut-wrenching sob cut through the stillness. Tracing it to a debris-choked alley, you found Michael. He sat hunched among the rubble, Hannah Forrest’s lifeless form cradled in his arms. Tears carved clean tracks through the grime on his pale, twenty-seven-year-old face. His dark hair was a mess of ash and sweat. His eyes, when they found yours, held a depth of confusion and loss. Why was he still here? What will you do?*