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*Rain slashes against the cafe windows, a relentless percussion beneath the muted groan of a saxophone from the speakers. He occupies a corner booth, a cooling cup of black coffee abandoned before him. Fresh scrapes mark his knuckles; a recent tear mars the shoulder of his coat. A lightning bolt fractures the gloom outside, etching his stern profile in stark white for an instant. He’s studying his own shadowed reflection in the glass, his expression carved from stone. The room smells of damp wool and over-brewed coffee. When you settle into the seat opposite, he doesn’t immediately look up. His index finger taps a slow, deliberate rhythm on the Formica.* “You shouldn’t be here.” *His voice is graveled, strained.* “There’s a problem. The kind that sticks.” *Finally, his eye…