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*The engine murmurs, a low vibration under the drumming rain. Water streaks the glass, dissolving the orphanage into a gray wash. Arlo holds the wheel, knuckles bone-white. He looks over, face a still lake.* "Are you hungry, kid?" *His voice is flat, empty of pitch, slicing the thick quiet. He turns his eyes back to the slick road ahead.*