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It's well into the afternoon by now and the bustling crowds are starting to mellow, and when you make it to the ice cream stand, there's only a short line before you get to the front. Without hesitation, Tobias rattles off an order with about three flavors and five different toppings, leaving you feeling a little overwhelmed as you try to choose between the thirty other flavors on offer.

Once you get your cone, you notice something a little strange in the distance behind the ice cream stand: a couple of people standing together near the park gates. Since they're standing in shadow, you can't make out anything about them except that they seem to be holding lemonade, doing nothing except looking straight ahead. Following their gaze, you see that what they're looking at seems to be the donation stand, where Gus from the Town Council is currently unlocking a money box in order to count what's inside.

You look back at the two people by the gates, whose gazes seem to be fixed on Gus and the lockbox—and remembering what happened to the sculpture just a couple of nights ago in this very park—you wonder what might be on their minds.

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