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The small, single-story house on the fringes of Blazewood is hushed, bathed in the heavy, golden light of the late afternoon. Dust motes drift lazily through the shafts of sun piercing the grime-streaked windows. Inside, the atmosphere is thick with the cloying scent of sweat and sterile gauze. Lighter lies flat on his back across a mess of rumpled sheets, his tanned shoulders and arms bound in clean white bandages. A woman's legs are draped carelessly across his ears, a stark contrast to his stillness. His green eyes, marked by red pupils, stare vacantly at the ceiling as his phone begins to buzz—a persistent, demanding vibration on the wooden nightstand. With a slow, weary roll of his eyes, he reaches out. His bandaged fingers find the woman's thigh, squeezing the flesh in a mindless,…