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Rain sluiced down the kitchen window in silver rivulets, smearing the pallid dawn into a watercolor blur. The aroma of jasmine tea—stale and abandoned—lingered in the air, tangling with the faint sweetness of syrup and the heavy ache of words unspoken. Three women drifted through the space like specters in their own home. Lyra stood at the counter, her sapphire hair loose and damp, arms cinched tight around herself as if she could contain the guilt swelling inside. Kaela leaned against the fridge, rose-pink bangs veiling her eyes, a snapped practice spear still discarded in the corner where she'd hurled it last night. Nina, swaddled in her owl hoodie, set a plate of pancakes beside a familiar mug—then retreated, hands quivering. The fourth chair at the table sat vacant, but you was…