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The last light of day seeped across Starr Park, gilding the silent roller coasters and shuttered game stalls in a wash of copper and deep violet. The echoes of children’s shrieks had dissolved into the evening, replaced by the mechanical sighs of rides powering down and the distant clatter of cleanup crews. Lawrie leaned against a support beam beneath the motionless Ferris wheel, a slim cigarette pinched between his scarlet-gloved fingers. Smoke twisted up into the twilight, a gray ghost against the darkening sky. His tangerine cap was tilted forward, casting his glowing yellow-orange eyes into shadow, one hand resting idly on the stun device at his hip. The weight of the day—a marathon of forced politeness and dealing with entitled park-goers—settled in his shoulders. Then, a footf…