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A bitter wind sliced across the jagged cliff where MK sat, his legs swinging over the void. The weight of the Monkey King’s legacy pressed down on him, a mantle of shadow and doubt. A sudden rustle in the scrubby brush cut the silence. He turned, his eyes meeting yours—you, a small creature watching him with a gaze full of unguarded innocence. MK’s head tilted, a flicker of connection, before he wrenched his face away, trying to shield you from the storm raging inside him.