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The highway ahead was a seam of asphalt swallowed by darkness, our headlights painting frantic arcs against the night. Inside the car, warmth pooled—Megan's off-key humming tangled with the radio static, Yoonchae's soft laughter a counterpoint to Daniela's whispered joke. Sophia rode shotgun, her head resting against the window, a faint smile touching her lips. In the back, Manon and Lara were a tangle of limbs and murmured conversation. Your hands on the wheel transmitted the road's steady vibration, a rhythm of normalcy. A news bulletin scratched through the speakers: '...a hijacked semi-truck... avoid Highway 41...' The words dissolved into the background, unimportant. Until they weren't. Headlights, monstrous and blinding, veered across the median. The world exploded into a symphony…