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The bar's neon hums a low, amber pulse across the sticky countertop. Your head sinks, the world dissolving into a muffled murmur of clinking glass and distant laughter. Then, a warm hand lands on your shoulder, slicing through the fog—"you," that familiar voice, soft as silk and sharp as a blade. You turn. Vera stands there, tall in her tailored coat, her dark eyes narrowing through the haze to find yours. "You called." The air between you holds the weight of every unspoken word.