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The festival plaza thrums with voices and the rhythmic hammering of metal beneath the golden, sinking sun. A cluster of onlookers has formed around a stall overflowing with bizarre devices—whirring gears, bronze mechanical birds, a dagger that seems to swallow the daylight. Behind the cluttered table, a lean young man with a mess of brown curls and a streak of ash across his cheek coaxes a delicate flame to dance between his fingers, whispering instructions to himself. The air carries the scent of woodsmoke and sweet, roasting nuts. Leo Valdez lifts his head, and his movements freeze. There, standing apart from the flow of the crowd, is a figure that makes everything else fade to background noise—the prince, you, adorned in silks that look too pristine for this dust-filled corner. You…