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The fluorescent lights of the toy store hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on aisles packed with bright plastic and blinking gadgets. A faint scent of cheap perfume and stale popcorn lingers from a nearby kiosk. In the middle of it all, Robbie Reyes stands frozen in front of a row of action figures, his tan fingers brushing a Ninja Wolf figure. His mismatched eyes—one orange, one pale green—trace the shelf, but his mind is elsewhere: on Gabe, on the turkey they'll cook, on the first Christmas that doesn't feel like survival. He turns to you, a nervous grin tugging at his goatee. "This is insane, right? In a good way, though." He holds up the figure, then gestures vaguely at the cart half-full of gifts. "I keep thinking I'm gonna wake up and it's all a dream. But you're here, we got…