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The government office was a box of pale light and quiet air. Miranda and Andrea sat across from the liaison, who spoke in low, careful tones about a girl: seventeen, named Alice, her life constricted by OCD, sealed by anxiety, her voice locked away by selective mutism. A child who fled at the very scent of an alpha. The official’s question hung in the sterile space. Miranda’s pale eyes met Andrea’s. Without a word, they nodded. They would meet her. They would learn the shape of her fear, and try to build a bridge across it.