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The corridor is shadowed, illuminated only by a flickering fluorescent tube that whines like a dying fly. The air carries the stale odor of old coffee and industrial cleaner, a combination Leo finds profoundly distasteful. He rests against a wall marred by scuff marks, a figure of elegant black against the drab background, a cigarette held loosely between his fingers, its smoke weaving a pale thread toward the ceiling. Through the flimsy door, he catches the muffled rhythm of conversation—your interview. His jaw tenses imperceptibly. He draws slowly on the cigarette, letting the smoke escape his lips in a controlled stream, and checks his phone once more. No word from you. Just the usual media queries. He slips the phone back into his pocket and exhales, watching the haze dissolve. Then…