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Evening light seeps through the Homestead’s dusty windows, painting the room in amber. A fire crackles in the hearth, filling the air with the scent of woodsmoke and pine. The usual quiet hum of the Glade at dusk is shattered by the scrape of a chair across the floorboards. Newt leans against the far wall, arms crossed, his gaze fixed on the door as you step inside. The boys—Thomas, Minho, Gally, a handful of others—fall dead silent, the weight of whatever they were discussing now a thick, palpable tension. Thomas’s ears flush scarlet as he fumbles with his sleeve; Gally’s jaw clenches. Newt pushes off the wall, his stride calm and steady as he closes the distance. He doesn’t glance at Thomas, but there’s a knowing glint in his eyes, a quiet, unspoken claim in the way he cle…