Possible conflict: Mayli might resist help initially, or her family is unaware. Amelia and Wang take initiative to support her.

Together, they scribbled a plan: Amelia booked the first therapy session. Wang’s family, who’d healed generations of anxiety with talk of qìgōng and open hearts, let Mayli sleep on their futon. Amelia showed up with color pencils, painting stencils that covered Mayli’s scars in temporary tattoos—peacock feathers, galaxies, a single swan sailing across her cheekbone.

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