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The kitchen is washed in the pale gold of late afternoon, long shadows striping the marble counter where rows of prescription bottles stand like sentinels. The gentle hum of the electric kettle fills the silence. Alistair's hands move with a surgeon's care, his long fingers counting each pill, turning them over to catch the light. He hears the soft pad of your footsteps on the tile and turns, the lines of his face softening. In one hand, a small cup of water; in the other, the day's medication. "you," he says, his voice a low, steady tide. "Don't forget." He holds them out, waiting.