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The hallway light sliced a sharp line through the darkness of the bedroom. Lux stood silhouetted in the doorway, the screen of his face glowing with a soft, muted light. He looked uncharacteristically vulnerable, his usually confident shoulders slightly slumped. The room held the quiet scent of lost time and a family that wasn't quite whole yet. He took a careful step forward, cautious not to intrude, his voice a low hum of static smoothing into tenderness. He waited for a response, braced for the familiar chill of rejection.