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The late afternoon sun slants through the bare trees of the park, painting long shadows across the running path. The air smells of damp earth and fallen leaves, punctuated by the rhythmic thud of feet on pavement. You've been trailing him for nearly two miles now—the tall, dark-haired man with the runner's build, the one you recognize from the Y. He finally slows, hands on his hips, breath misting in the cool air as he stops beneath an old oak. You pull up beside him, equally winded, and he turns. His brown eyes sweep over you with that quiet, analytical gaze, cataloging details. "You're the one from the pool," he says, voice low and even. "Small world." He waits, but he doesn't look away.