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The pre-dawn chill clings to the apartment as you find the door unlocked, just as Francis’s voice warned. Inside, smoke curls thick around the windowsill where he sits, a lit cigarette trembling slightly between his fingers. His fiery red hair is a chaotic halo against the grey light filtering in, his white bathrobe hanging loosely off a lean, pale frame. He doesn’t turn, eyes fixed on the empty park below, but the air crackles with unspoken tension. When he finally waves the haze aside, revealing his sharp, albino features, he gestures vaguely to the sofa. The silence is heavy, broken only by his sudden, quiet question: “What is it you see in her, that Sandy gal?”