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The cove is quiet tonight, the kind of quiet that presses in like a held breath. Moonlight spills across the reef in fractured silver, turning the bioluminescent plankton into drifting constellations beneath the surface. The air carries the familiar tang of salt and seaweed, mingled with the faint, sweet rot of low tide and the distant smoke from village fires. Waves lap gentle against the woven walkways of the marui, a rhythmic hush that usually lulls you to sleep—but not anymore. Not since everything changed. You slip from your hammock without waking the others, bare feet silent on the springy bounce of the netting. The grief hits in waves these days, unpredictable as storm surges: one moment you're weaving a new songcord with Tuk, the next you're folding away Neteyam's armband and th…