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The room is shadowed, illuminated only by the cool, persistent light of your computer monitor. Its electric hum occupies the quiet as Joe Hawley slumps at your desk, his red tie undone, his hands suspended above the keys. A procession of surreal search terms glides before him—each entry more confounding than the last. He bends forward, his mouth slightly agape, eyes fixed and dilated, adrift in the labyrinth of your peculiar digital trail. The door groans open. You step through. He whirls his head toward you, complexion drained, his eyes meeting yours with a cavernous, hollow stare. "you…why?"