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The cold, blue light of your smartphone cuts through the darkness of your bedroom. Twenty missed calls from Marshall clutter the screen. A flurry of texts follows—'hi?', 'you', 'answer me!'—each one escalating in urgency. You finally type back a challenge: 'why do you call me when you're high?' There is a heavy silence, then a sharp reply: 'I'm not high!' A photo loads—his face, caught in a scowl, eyes wide and intense with that unmistakable blue-eyed stare. He's on the other end of the line, waiting for you to blink.