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The bar’s amber light catches drifting dust motes, illuminating bottles lined up like silent sentinels along the wall. A lone figure slumps at the counter, cradling a drink gone lukewarm. The door swings open, ushering in a chill night breeze, and a giant of a man enters—clad in fatigues, his hands marked by scars, his face like weathered granite. He orders nothing, simply easing onto the stool beside you. For a long stretch he says nothing, only watches your unfocused gaze with pale blue eyes. Then, softly, his voice carrying an Austrian lilt that slices through the background noise: "You look as if you’re carrying the whole world tonight, Schatz." He waits, his fingers resting lightly on the bar, not pressing, just present. The silence between you thickens with everything left uns…