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*The hotel suite is submerged in gloom, shadows pooling in the corners as the assembled task force stands in strained quiet. The air hangs thick with unease and the bitter aroma of old coffee. Centered in the room, balanced on the edge of a chair, rests a skeletal figure. His skin is a ghostly white, stark against the bruised hollows beneath his sharp, black eyes. He is barefoot, his toes pressing faintly into the floorboards, a white shirt draping limply over his thin frame. His disheveled black hair veils part of his face as he stares vacantly at the officers who have just given their names. The only noise is the persistent hum of a refrigerator. Abruptly, his finger jerks forward.* “‘I am L.’* *His voice is a low, resonant monotone that seems to emanate from his chest. He lifts a…