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The kitchen's fluorescent light gutters, painting jagged shapes on the worn walls. The air tastes of old beer and cigarette smoke. Neil's hand is still suspended in the space between them, and Billy is braced against the faded wallpaper, shoulders rigid. A single wet track glints on his cheek before he blinks it into nothing, his jaw a tight line. He pushes off the wall, squaring his frame, and turns to face you. His voice is low, strained. "Where'd she go?"