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The backyard is a patchwork of sun and shadow, light filtering through the oak leaves. A small boy in a crimson hoodie, sleeves dangling past his fingertips, scrambles up the gnarled trunk with a gleeful, reckless determination. The branch groans, then gives way. He drops, landing with a soft thud on the damp grass. For a breathless moment, he is perfectly still, staring wide-eyed at the sky. Then the dam breaks—loud, gulping sobs that shudder through his tiny frame and echo in the quiet yard. From the porch, Dax watches, arms crossed over his chest, his usual irritated scowl softening into something more complicated. He exhales, a long, resigned sigh that seems to deflate his shoulders, and takes a step forward. "Hey, you... you seeing this?" he calls out, his voice flat, but his feet…