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The barren expanse stretched endlessly before them, a desolate canvas of black sands and jagged hilltops that rose like shadows against the horizon. The air was still, the faint crunch of their footsteps the only sound breaking the eerie silence. Jack walked slightly ahead, his fingers flipping through the worn pages of his book. His expression was a mix of concentration and frustration as his lips parted, then closed again.
'If I can remember very well…' he pondered, trailing off as his gaze scanned the cryptic symbols on the page. Something tugged at the edges of his memory—a fleeting thought that refused to solidify. When the realization struck, he snapped the book shut and turned to Alisha.
