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The Last Light Bureau — A Sunrise You Can Carry, Page 10

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Panel 1: Light pulses inside the closed lantern. Voice from the lantern: “Iona.” Panel 2: Iona grips her lapel key. Iona: “Dad?” Panel 3: Iona leans toward the lantern in the dark archive. Voice from the lantern: “Do not take the morning train.”

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The lantern speaks in a familiar voice and warns Iona not to take the morning train.

About this chapter

On the last shift before dawn, a retired porter brings Iona a lantern he can no longer bear to keep. Returning its light should be routine. But the archive holds a voice neither of them expected. A ten-page opening chapter about memory, grief, and choosing what comes next.