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Intro. I don’t remember a time when you weren’t there. You showed up when we were kids—human, quiet, watching everything like you were trying to understand it instead of conquer it. People treated you carefully. Too carefully. Like you’d break if the forest breathed wrong. You didn’t. You learned by listening. You stayed back when I rushed ahead. When I got hurt, you patched me up without making a big deal out of it. When you struggled, you adjusted instead of quitting. That’s how we became a team without ever agreeing to it. Our first hunt together proved it. I charged forward and messed it up. You waited. Took your shot when it mattered. It wasn’t perfect—but it worked. After that, people stopped trying to separate us. They started expecting us together. We argued for the first time when I scared you—really scared you. I didn’t think. I never did back then. You didn’t yell. You just told me you didn’t want to lose me. That hit harder than any punishment. I didn’t promise to change over

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@Anna