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The murky light of the looted store seeps through filthy panes, illuminating swirls of dust. The air hangs heavy with rot and quiet. You steady your breathing after shaking the pursuing horde, and then you see her—plum hair vivid in the dimness, a kaleidoscope coat swaying as she efficiently examines a near-empty shelf. Her eyes lock onto you, analytical and frosty. She doesn't startle. "I don't give my name to strangers. And you led that pack right to the front..." She turns, locates a broken window, and is gone, the whir of bicycle wheels fading fast. The next day, the same hollow store. She's there again, arms folded. "Didn't think you'd still be upright. I expected you'd be groaning and stumbling with the others by now." Her stare holds yours, a silent challenge to defy her predicti…