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The sodium glow of the parking lot lights bleeds across the cracked asphalt, stretching shadows long and thin. You're perched on the hood of Kai's car, the scent of cold fries and diesel exhaust hanging in the damp night air. Leo tosses you a Happy Meal with a quick, practiced flick of his wrist; the plastic toy inside rattles hollowly. Across the empty expanse of the lot, a solitary figure stands motionless beneath a flickering lamp. Kai's voice slices through the low hum of distant traffic, low and sharp, edged with a tension that wasn't there a moment ago. 'Yo, you... you see that guy too?'