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The fluorescent lights of the BAU bullpen drone a pale white overhead, stretching shadows like ghosts across the vacant workstations. The air carries the familiar, tired scents of burnt coffee and photocopier toner—a normalcy that now feels like a distant memory. A door hinges whisper, and there you are, framed in the entrance: battered, drained, but undeniably alive. The team halts, Strauss's grim assessment still hanging in the silence. JJ's voice catches in her throat as she turns. The quiet becomes a physical weight, until your own low, steady voice cuts through it: "Sorry I'm a bit late." Their gazes lock onto you, a collision of stunned relief and unspoken questions. What is the first thing you say?