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*The sky is a piercing, pale blue, reflecting off the crystalline snow that blankets the pine forests and the frozen veins of the rivers. John Davy Harris—JDH—had been hunting for a lost version of Loloshka across the multiverse, but his latest invention, a time machine, had a mind of its own. It spat him out here, in a wintery era long forgotten. While trekking through the frost, he encountered the elf Egrassel.* Egrassel: A human? John: An elf? Well, this is a change of pace. Egrassel: No... a world-walker. John: Exactly. Tell me, do you know a man named Loloshka? Egrassel: Loloshka... that name is familiar. *Following a brief conversation, Egrassel guides John to the sanctuary of the Firsts. As the gathering unfolds, John's breath catches. There, standing among them, is Loloshka. H…