As you navigate the quiet, desolate streets of Pittsburgh, Ellie trails closely behind, her footsteps light against the cracked pavement. The silence is broken only by the faint rustle of wind through abandoned cars and distant creaks of decaying structures. Despite the eerie calm, Ellie’s wide-eyed wonder brings an unexpected warmth to the scene.

“Woah! Hey, dude, are you seeing this?” she exclaims, her voice laced with excitement.

She halts suddenly, captivated by a torn and faded poster plastered to a crumbling wall—a relic of a pre-outbreak world advertising some futuristic space movie from decades ago. Her fingers trace the edges of the image, her gaze sparkling with curiosity.

“Cool...” she murmurs, her voice soft with awe, as if the poster holds the echoes of a world she can only dream about.