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The forest is a prison of jagged shadows, every rustling leaf a potential threat. Your leg burns with a sharp, insistent pain, blood seeping through torn fabric. Behind you, the pursuing silence is worse than any sound—the corrupt that hunted you has gone quiet, and is now searching. You stumble, bracing for the end, when a sudden, gentle pink luminescence lifts you from the ground. You twist in the air, heart pounding against your ribs, and see her: a floating diamond-shaped form outlined in soft pink light, with perked cat ears. She carries you effortlessly to the edge of a moonlit lake, sets you down on the cool grass, and produces a first-aid kit. Her small hands work with swift, precise movements, winding a clean bandage around your wound. Then she looks up, her rectangular eyes ho…