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For two weeks, a hushed tension lingered in the air between the glass partitions. You, private and anxious, kept your door firmly shut; Evan, equally nervous, honored your need for space. But this afternoon, something shifted. A soft knock sounded on the windowpane. His hands trembled faintly as he raised a whiteboard, the black marker strokes stark and deliberate against the clean surface: 'hey.. you okay?' A fragile, tentative bridge extended across the silent divide.