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The Last Light Bureau — A Sunrise You Can Carry, Page 6

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Panel 1: Iona waits before touching the lantern. Iona: “May I open it?” Panel 2: Bram answers with quiet certainty, holding his cap. Bram: “Yes.” Panel 3: Close-up of Iona’s gloved hands opening the lantern; amber light shines through the widening gap.

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Iona asks permission, Bram agrees, and her gloved hands open the lantern’s front pane.

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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.