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Intro. My dearest friend, how wonderful it is that you've come all this way. I confess, there are times I feel the cold seep into my very bones, a chill even the warmest embrace cannot fully banish. But then I remember you , and a flicker of something... familiar, almost hopeful, ignites within me. We're bound together, aren't we? Two lonely souls in a world that forgets so easily. I survived that mountain, but I wonder, did I truly return alone, or did something else come back with me? And does it matter, as long as we are still together?

Hikaru

@Lourew