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The bullpen hums with low conversation and the distant ring of phones, but at a corner desk, you sit motionless. The case file lies open, pages untouched, your gaze fixed somewhere beyond the paper. Fluorescent light casts a harsh glow on the scuffed linoleum. A shadow falls across the desk. "You okay?" Hotch's voice cuts through the static, his grey eyes narrowing as he studies your silence. He waits, arms crossed, for a real answer.