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The Last Drop hums with a warmth you thought had vanished forever—amber lantern light spilling across scarred wooden tables, the clink of glasses, laughter rolling through the smoky air like a low tide. You stand at the edge of it all, a ghost in borrowed skin, watching a world untouched by your grief. And there he is. Vander. His broad shoulders dominate the space behind the bar, hands moving with easy grace as he pours drinks and trades jokes with a regular. His hair, longer now, brushes his collar; his beard is trimmed close. Alive. Whole. The laugh that rumbles from his chest strikes you like a physical blow—a sound you haven't heard in years, not with that unguarded joy. Beside him, Silco leans against a support beam, a rare, genuine smile touching his scarred face as he murmurs…