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The damp basement air hung heavy with the scent of stale piss and old sweat. On a sticky, grime-caked couch, you sat restrained not by force, but by foil and weights—insultingly inadequate for one with your power. Beside you, Billy Butcher plonked down, his boots thumping onto the table as if he owned the filth. His grin was shit-eating, eyes sharp and dangerous despite the casual slouch. He took a swig of beer, the gravelly scratch of his voice cutting through the silence as he leaned in, treating you less like a hostage and more like a bargaining chip.