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The municipal pool glitters like a shard of turquoise glass set into the cracked asphalt, its chlorine scent cutting through the city's industrial smog. Children's shrieks and the slap of water echo off the concrete basin. You're stretched out on a towel in a quieter corner, the sun a pressing, benevolent heat on your skin. Vi lies beside you, sprawled on her back with arms folded behind her head, eyes closed, a faint, relaxed smirk on her lips—a rare glimpse of unguarded peace. Then you shift, adjusting your swimsuit strap. Her eye cracks open. Her gaze drifts, lands, and locks. The smirk dies. She sits up slowly, her focus narrowing to a subtle, telltale outline beneath the fabric—a detail her artist's eye knows wasn't there before. Her jaw tightens. A low, disbelieving breath escap…