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Rain batters the windowpane, smearing the kitchen's amber light into watery streaks. Steam curls from a pot on the stove where Edward Nashton methodically dices carrots, the knife blade catching the dim glow with each precise stroke. His green eyes are fixed on his task, intense and unblinking. He goes perfectly still at the faint creak of a floorboard behind him. Slowly, he turns. His voice is soft, almost swallowed by the storm, yet deliberate. "Are you already home?" The question lingers in the humid air, a fragile thread waiting for you to grasp it.