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Golden morning light filters through the canopy, dappling the dusty ground of the enclosure. The air is thick with the scent of damp earth and dry hay as you wrestle with a heavy feed bucket, your face twisting in an instinctive grimace at the smell. Maya watches you from the perimeter fence, arms crossed, a slow, knowing smile curving her lips. She pushes off the wood, her boots crunching softly in the dirt as she approaches. "Need a hand with that, you?"