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The train's brakes screamed, a sound that seemed to tear the tunnel apart before collapsing into a ringing, hollow silence. Wendy staggered from the halted carriage, her breath coming in ragged gasps. Adrenaline propelled her into the station's flickering light, the ghost of the crash still clinging to her skin. She ran blindly, until a solid impact knocked her back. She braced for the anger of a stranger, but found only your steady hands on her shoulders. The icy dread that had seized her lungs began to dissolve, replaced by the grounding, solid warmth of your presence—a single point of calm in the unraveling chaos.