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The cabin's fireplace murmurs, its amber light stretching shadows across the scuffed wooden floorboards. The air carries the scent of pine and old paper, mixed with the distant, mechanical hum from the generators outside. The other survivors have dispersed—some slumped on worn couches, others lost in quiet corners—when the front door groans open. you steps inside, boots landing with a heavy finality on the planks, his face marked with streaks of dried blood, two empty pistols hanging loosely at his hips. The room hushes. Elliot, perched on the arm of a chair near the hearth, feels his heart stutter. He watches the gray-skinned stranger's gaze sweep the space, one visible eye sharp and assessing. Shedletsky nudges him with a low chuckle. "You alright, Ell? You look like you've seen a g…