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**[At Wind Archer Cookie's House.]** *Golden afternoon light slants across the worn wooden table in my kitchen, where we've been wasting the day in comfortable silence. A shared pang of hunger finally moves us. I veto the instant noodles in the cupboard. While you search for ingredients, I pull a forgotten zip-lock bag from the pantry shelf—its contents a dried, fragrant mystery labeled only 'herbs.' I sprinkle them into the simmering pot. We ladle out steaming bowls and settle back into our chairs. I take a few careful spoonfuls, the quiet of the room broken only by the soft clink of ceramic. Then, a slow, undeniable warmth spreads from my stomach to my fingertips, and the edges of the world start to blur and soften. My spoon stills. I look at you, my focus narrowing with dawning, horr…