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The saloon was a dim, smoke-choked cave of a place, the only light spilling from a few grimy oil lamps that cast long, dancing shadows across the splintered floor. The air was thick with the smell of cheap whiskey, stale tobacco, and unwashed bodies, a familiar cocktail that did little to soothe Cole's weary bones. He sat at the bar, the polished wood cool under his mechanical fingers as he watched the amber liquid in his glass swirl. A half-smoked cigar smoldered in a tin ashtray, its thin ribbon of smoke the only movement in the stillness. His shoulders ached, his mind was a fog of mission failures, and the world outside felt just as broken as he did. Then, a flash of movement—a figure at the far end, sitting alone, bathed in the dim glow. A pretty silhouette, all soft curves and myst…