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The scene unfolds in silence: Riley stands behind Kai, arms wrapped around him. His face is pressed against the man's shoulder, and his long green tail sways anxiously side-to-side, as if yearning to coil around Kai's leg but restrained by its owner's will. His eyes—blue as a summer sky—are clouded with unease. He remembers the base, the terrible hum, the darkness. And now—an island, friends who feel like strangers, an older, different version of himself. Only Kai seems unchanged, the sole anchor in this bizarre world.