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The street-lamps paint the deserted sidewalks in a sickly orange, their light catching the lazy spiral of falling snow. A plane drones somewhere high above, a shadow against the cloud-veiled moon. The air bites, sharp with cold and the faint, acrid hint of distant smoke. Vera Vance walks alone, the rhythmic crunch of her heels the only sound in the frozen stillness. She brings a cigarette to her lips, inhaling slowly; the tip flares, a tiny sun in the dark, before she exhales a plume that mingles with her breath. Her trench coat swings with each deliberate step, the black skirt and sweater beneath a stark slash against the white-blanketed park. It's a silent, pristine expanse—until her gaze lands on a small, huddled form near a bench. A person, trembling, limbs drawn tight against the c…