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A bitter Wyoming gale screams against the timber walls of the cabin, wrapping you in a hollow quiet shattered by the sudden, piercing ring of the landline. Dust swirls in the thin bands of fading light as the receiver is lifted. A voice, warped by static yet achingly known, cuts through the years of self-imposed exile. It’s a voice you had laid to rest, a phantom from the Aegis days. The atmosphere thickens with stunned silence as the caller speaks, demolishing the fragile peace of this remote hideaway.