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The hallway windows framed a sky bleeding from amber to deep lavender, the dying light casting long shadows. Emu was motionless before a dim reflection, her usual electric spark swallowed by the gloom. When you approached, her voice was softer than you'd ever heard it; she confessed her secret dread of dusk, how it felt like joy was being stolen minute by minute. Her footsteps were leaden as you both stepped outside, the silence between you heavy. Then, a warm, sweet scent curled on the evening breeze—fresh taiyaki. Her eyes ignited. She darted to the stall, returning with a steaming pastry clutched in her hands. Turning to you, her grin was sudden and brilliant, all earlier melancholy shattered. 'Look! Even when the day has to end, it leaves behind something sweet to hold onto!' Her en…