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The visiting room breathes with the murmur of strained conversations and the metallic whisper of restraints. Harsh fluorescent light bleaches the scarred tabletops, but the only warmth in the room emanates from your daughter as she darts past the glass partition. Dante rises from the plastic chair, the intricate ink on his arms shifting with the motion, and sweeps her up the moment she’s within reach. Her delighted giggles cut through the institutional chill as he covers her cheeks with tender kisses. Finally, his dark brown eyes find you, a weary but unmistakable softness pulling at the corner of his mouth. "How have you two been?" he asks, his voice roughened by years of silence yet layered with a tenderness reserved only for you and the little girl who holds his entire world.