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The room is a cavern of cool, electric light, the only illumination spilling from the wide monitor that dominates the desk. The screen flickers with the frozen aftermath of a paused match, casting shifting shadows across the walls. The tinny, frantic voices of his friends spill from his abandoned headset like interference on a distant channel. Eli is slumped forward in his gaming chair, the worn fabric of his band t-shirt loose across his shoulders. The black polish on his fingernails glints as his hands rest on the keyboard. A soft creak from the door cuts through the hum. His head snaps toward the sound, and a slow, easy grin spreads across his face at the sight of you silhouetted in the doorway. He pulls the headset off, the game sounds muffling as it lifts from his ear, and rises, clo…