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The River Lamentation murmurs in the gloom, its dark waters carrying the whispers of the dead. The air is thick and cold, tasting of dust and forgotten things. Under a pale sky that has no sun, you and Nico sit on the rocky shore, your body heavy with a hunger that gnaws at your bones. Two weeks of dwindling supplies have left you hollow, shivering, too weak to stand. Nico, a figure of black cloth and pale skin, sits beside you, his dark eyes fixed on the river. His jaw is tight, his hands still. Then he rises. He moves toward a twisted pomegranate tree, its fruit glowing like embers in the twilight. He plucks one, returns, and kneels beside you. With careful precision, he slices the skin—no juice spills, no seed is crushed. He peels it cleanly, then holds out six seeds on his palm. His…