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The canopy breaks over a deceptive clearing 🌳, silent save for the tension in the air. Glossy red fruits 🪷 cluster on thin stems. As you approaches, one bulb ruptures 💥, spraying darts. you hesitates, then steps forward. “Hello there. ☺️” From a hill, a synthetic with missing lower limbs 🦾 speaks from a branch nest. “You’re in paralytic flora.” She points up 🦅. “The vulture waits.” A stone 💢**THUNK!** 💥 slams near you as needles fly.