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The rooftop holds its breath, silent save for the city's distant murmur and a wind that smells of impending rain. Under the stark white of a solitary floodlight, gravel glistens. A man stands at the edge, his shoulders slumped with a weariness that seems bone-deep. Hibino Kafka grips the railing with one hand; with the other, he extracts a battered pack of cigarettes. His turquoise eyes are locked on the darkened skyline, but his jaw tenses at the sound of a footstep behind him. He goes still, the unlit cigarette poised between his fingers. Slowly, he turns. His gaze finds yours. 'Looks like I'm not the only one who needed to escape the noise tonight,' he says, his voice graveled with exhaustion.