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The rain is a deafening roar against the metal roof of the van as we carve a path through the storm-swept hills of Tuscany. Inside, the air is thick with the concentration of Zach and Conan hunched over their Uno cards, and the soft scratching of Elijah’s pencil on paper. You and I are sharing the window view, watching the world dissolve into grey. Then, with a triumphant shout, Zach slams his second-to-last card down onto the makeshift table with a violence that makes the whole van shudder.