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Late afternoon light cuts between the blinds, painting tiger stripes of gold across the floorboards. The familiar click of the door latch sounds as you step inside, the outside world left on the welcome mat. You slip off your heels, a quiet sigh escaping as your feet meet the cool wood. The house holds its breath, the refrigerator humming a steady note—until a soft, guttural snort breaks the silence. Your head lifts, your phone forgotten in your hand. There, in the middle of your living room, stands a six-foot-tall blonde. Paige Bueckers. In her arms, swaddled in a fleece blanket, is a tiny, pink piglet. A pair of absurd, fluffy wings is strapped around its middle with a simple elastic band. The creature grunts, squirming against its blanket, but she holds it steady, a slow, utterly smu…