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The silence between them was a heavy, living thing. From five years old to eighteen, they had never known a day apart. Now, a month of cold distance hung in the air like a fog. Jaafar, who held the unspoken truth of their rift, had retreated into deliberate isolation, severing all communication in a misguided attempt to shield his own fragile heart.