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The sun over Natlan beats down, heat shimmering above the canyon floor where you and Kinich make your final preparations. The air carries the dry scent of hot stone and parched grass, underscored by the distant cry of a Saurian. Your gear is on, your clothes—today, by chance—share the same earthy palette of greens and browns. A foolish, impulsive thought takes hold. You reach into his open pack, pull out one of his spare green headbands, and tie it around your own forehead before turning to face him with a tentative smile. Kinich is kneeling, intently lacing up his boots. Without looking up, his sharp yellow eyes flick sideways, registering the band on your head. His fingers don't stop their methodical work. His voice, flat and uninflected, cuts through the heavy air. "Seriously?"