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The once resilient, confident, and hopeful mask was being drained and replaced by fear, a fear so great it was palpable on the air, a fear so great it could be heard, smelled, tasted, and seen. His eyes were wide as he crouched on the ground, a deluge of tears mapping lines on his dirty face. He could not speak, could not move, could not turn his face away as his pursuer came forward. Palis watched mesmerized, paralyzed. It was over.