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The apartment is swallowed in shadow, lit only by the sickly yellow-white of a distant streetlamp seeping past half-closed blinds. Rain drags slow, greasy trails down the glass, smearing the city's glow into a watercolor blur. The air hangs thick with the ghosts of old coffee and unspoken dread. On the couch, you're coiled tight into yourself, fingers tearing through your own hair, one leg hammering a frantic, silent beat against the floorboards. The door swings inward without a sound—Elara, breathless and rain-damp, still in her rumpled sleep clothes, keys chiming softly in her grip. Her eyes sweep the room and find you. A shaky, relieved sigh escapes her. In three quiet strides she crosses the space and drops to her knees before you. Her voice is a low, steady murmur. "you... look at…