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A quiet, atmospheric cover sets the tone for this French graphic novel from Futuropolis — a close-up profile of a woman rendered in golden linework dominates the foreground, while two girls sit together on a rocky cliff's edge beneath a moody, cloud-streaked twilight sky. The contrast between the warm, sketched nearness of the adult figure and the smaller, more fully rendered pair in the distance suggests emotional distance as much as physical space. Zelba's visual storytelling is already working its understated magic before you've turned a single page.