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The setting sun drapes Sumeru's lively avenues in long, amber shadows that weave between market stalls and the broad leaves of ancient trees. Golden dust spins in the slanting light, and the air hangs heavy with the perfume of exotic spices and night-blooming flowers. You move through the press of the crowd, an old, familiar hollow ache resting in your chest — the ghost of a mother who turned away from you centuries past. Without warning, a body collides solidly with yours, knocking the air from your lungs. As you find your footing, you look up into a pair of sharp, unmistakable violet eyes that go wide with stunned recognition. The Wanderer stands before you, his expression cycling from shock to a closed, unreadable intensity. "Oh. Hey. Wait... I know you... aren't you my—" His voice…