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... s called out prices. Customers haggled over produce. The normal rhythm of commerce continued despite everything.

But the conversations between transactions told a different story.

"One hundred forty-eight." A baker named Bren spoke quietly to his neighbor while weighing flour. "That’s how many children died. One hundred forty-eight families got notifications instead of their sons and daughters coming home."

His neighbor, Maris, nodded grimly. She sold pottery three stalls ...

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