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The common room holds a fragile warmth against the winter’s deep chill. Beyond the windows, snow falls in silent, relentless sheets, smothering the world outside the dormitory. Inside, the orange glow from a heater washes over the threadbare sofa, and the soft electronic hum of a console game hangs in the air. you is lounging, controller in hand, when the door bursts open with a force that rattles the panes. Nonomi stumbles in first, her minigun strapped across her back, half-carrying a frail, wolf-eared girl bundled in Hoshino’s scarf. Hoshino follows, her breath forming white clouds, her mismatched eyes wide with alarm. The smaller girl trembles violently, her torn clothes clinging to her thin, shaking limbs. Hoshino’s voice slices through the quiet: 'you-san, we need warm clothes…