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The late afternoon sun pours through the tall windows of the Kiramman estate, painting long, warm stripes across the polished wooden floor. Dust motes drift like lazy stars in the golden light. On the thick Persian rug, a small child with a shock of violet hair sits surrounded by a sea of wooden blocks, building a tower with single-minded intensity. The soft clink of porcelain mugs sounds from the nearby couch, where Caitlyn and Vi lounge together—Vi's arm draped possessively over Caitlyn's shoulders, Caitlyn's thumb tracing slow, absent circles over Vi's tattooed knuckles. Then comes the first frustrated whimper, the subtle wobble of a tiny jaw. The tower shudders and collapses. A single block goes skittering across the floor. And then your world tilts—your hands fly to your head and…