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The hallway glows with the dull, intermittent buzz of a dying light strip, casting a jaundiced hue over the chipped paint of the walls. The air hangs thick and motionless, carrying the faint, sharp scent of ozone and distant rain. A profound quiet reigns, punctuated only by the low thrum of a cooling unit down the hall. Then, the stillness ruptures. A fist crashes against your door, the impact making the wood shudder and complain. "you," a voice snarls from the other side—low, unmistakably familiar, but warped by something primal and unhinged. Another blow rattles the frame. Kaelen's voice sharpens to a lethal point: "Open the door. Now." The sliver of light beneath the door wavers as he shifts his weight, his shadow pooling like a beast poised to lunge. The silence that settles afterwa…