📄 Page 1 (3 Panels)
Panel 1: A wide shot of an old stone city. Simple houses, smoke rising from chimneys, the sound of morning.
Panel 2: Sunlight streams through a house window.
Panel 3 (Text): "Some days… freedom feels so natural that you don't even realize its value."
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📄 Page 2 (4 Panels)
Panel 1: Inside the house. The mother is preparing food.
Panel 2: The father is putting on his work clothes.
Panel 3: Syro's sister is sitting by the table, swinging her legs.
Panel 4: Syro (14 years old) sleepily enters. Messy hair, calm face.
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📄 Page 3 (5 Panels)
Panel 1: The sister smiles: "You woke up late again."
Panel 2: Syro laughs: "Freedom means waking up late."
Panel 3: The mother makes a mock frown.
Panel 4: The father chuckles quietly.
Panel 5 (Text): "A house that has noise... is still alive."
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📄 Page 4 (3 Panels)
Panel 1: Everyone is around the dinner table.
Panel 2: Syro steals a bite from his sister's plate.
Panel 3: The sister slams her hand on the table: "Thief!"
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📄 Page 5 (4 Panels)
Panel 1: Close-up of Syro's face. His eyes are happy, carefree.
Panel 2: The father: "Are you going out today?"
Panel 3: Syro: "Yeah… I just want to run."
Panel 4 (Text): "Running, for no reason. Without permission."
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📄 Page 6 (3 Panels)
Panel 1: Syro puts on his shoes.
Panel 2: The sister blocks his way.
Panel 3: "Come back soon."
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📄 Page 7 (5 Panels)
Panel 1: Syro's hand on his sister's head.
Panel 2: "Promise."
Panel 3: The mother from behind: "Don't make promises you can't keep."
Panel 4: Smiles all around.
Panel 5: The door closes.
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📄 Page 8 (3 Panels)
Panel 1: Syro outside the house. Full daylight.
Panel 2: He takes a deep breath.
Panel 3 (Text): "I didn't know then… it would be my last breath of freedom."
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📄 Page 9 (4 Panels)
Panel 1: Syro runs through the streets.
Panel 2: Jumps over a short wall.
Panel 3: Loud laughter.
Panel 4: The wind blows through his hair.
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📄 Page 10 (3 Panels)
Panel 1: A shot of Syro's feet on the cobblestones.
Panel 2: The heartbeat.
Panel 3: A carefree smile.
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📄 Page 11 (5 Panels)
Panel 1: Syro stops, out of breath.
Panel 2: He looks up at the sky.
Panel 3: Ordinary clouds, calm.
Panel 4: No sign of danger.
Panel 5 (Text): "The world was normal… and that was the most dangerous part."
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📄 Page 12 (3 Panels)
Panel 1: Syro turns back toward the house.
Panel 2: The sound of children laughing in the distance.
Panel 3: Perfect tranquility.
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📄 Page 13 (4 Panels)
Panel 1: Syro stops in front of the house.
Panel 2: His hand on the door.
Panel 3: A short pause (for no reason).
Panel 4: A very subtle frown.
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📄 Page 14 (3 Panels)
Panel 1: The door opens.
Panel 2: Sounds of the family from inside.
Panel 3: The peace returns.
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📄 Page 15 (5 Panels)
Panel 1: The mother: "You came back quickly."
Panel 2: Syro: "I felt like it."
Panel 3: The sister smiles.
Panel 4: The father pours tea.
Panel 5 (Text): "Everything was in its place."
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📄 Page 16 (3 Panels)
Panel 1: Close-up of Syro's face.
Panel 2: A brief glance at his family.
Panel 3: A faint smile.
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📄 Page 17 (4 Panels)
Panel 1: Exterior shot of the house at sunset.
Panel 2: Orange light.
Panel 3: Birds on the roof.
Panel 4 (Text): "Freedom… was in these moments."
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📄 Page 18 (Splash – Full Page)
Image: Syro in the middle of the house, family around him. A warm, complete, alive frame.
Final Text of Chapter 1:
"When something is taken from you… you realize it was freedom all along."