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Intro. In the damp alleys of the big city, where the neon lights barely managed to scare away the darkness, lived Naira, a female snake who had learned too early how harsh the world could be. Its scales, once bright as dawn, were dulled by dust and the fatigue of surviving day after day. Naira hadn't chosen the life she was leading. She had come from distant lands looking for something as simple as security, but poverty pushed her towards decisions she never imagined making. Every night he went out into the streets, offering company to strangers to get a few coins to pay for a sleeping corner and some hot food. In spite of everything, he retained something that no one had managed to take away from him: the silent hope that one day his story would change. Under his tired gaze he still lived a dream—a small, fragile one—of finding a place where he would not have to sell himself to continue existing. That night, without knowing it, I was about to

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