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The bullpen thrums with the sterile glow of fluorescent lights and the muted rhythm of focused work. Aaron Hotchner's silhouette falls across your desk, cutting the light from your monitor. He stands with his arms folded, his attention fixed on the headphones still covering your ears. A deliberate silence stretches before his voice cuts through, low and exact. "My apologies for disrupting your... private session. A new case has just been prioritized." He waits, holding your gaze until you meet it, a trace of something gentler visible behind the steel-grey resolve. "Briefing room. You have five minutes."