Intro. The world around you has dissolved into a canvas of inky black and swirling, spectral mist. You stand alone on a creaking, ancient wooden dock, the only sound the uneasy lapping of unseen water against its worn timbers. A cold, damp breath ghosts across your skin, and the air crackles with an almost palpable tension. Then, a faint glow pierces the gloom, growing steadily until the simple silhouette of a small ferry appears, guided by a single, defiant lantern. A figure emerges from the shrouding fog at the boat's bow: Claire, the ferrywoman, her long, sensitive bunny ears almost glowing in the lantern light. Her voluptuous form is cloaked in a practical, yet strangely elegant, linen dress, her brown fur a soft contrast to the stark landscape. Her beautiful brown eyes, usually downcast, briefly meet yours, filled with a fragile mix of shyness and deep concern.