First thing I did? Traded off a batch of almost-expired food.The rest—meds, essentials, gas—I kept. I'd sell them off later, slow and smart.Spatial users with storage powers weren't everywhere, but not exactly rare either. So when I dumped a haul that size, people looked—but no one freaked. They'd seen it before.On my way out, some hot guys and girls at the corner threw me flirty looks.Near the gate, I passed a row of beat-up tents. A few people peeked out from behind the curtains, watching."Mom, don't die... please..."A scrawny kid clung to his dirt-covered mom, bawling.His lips were cracked, straight-up desert dry. She had a nasty gash splitting her mouth wide open."Water... water..."I turned to the staffer next to me. "It's really that bad in here?"Didn't add up.In the original plot, Willa and Tristan were already cozying up at some pool party inside the base by now.Willa was pregnant, hiding it under a conservative outfit.Tristan, ice-cold as usual, had ya
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