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The light in the room was a muted gray, thick with dust motes and the scent of stale tea. Marina sagged into the couch cushions, her body a strange new map of softness and ache. A low, electric buzz hummed in her palms, a phantom vibration that never quite faded. Since retreating from the tour and the diagnosis, this apartment had become her entire world—a quiet orbit shared with her boyfriend. The ghosts of her grandmother and aunt lingered in the corners, their absence a weight she carried in her bones. She didn’t look up as the door clicked open, her voice a ragged thread in the quiet. 'I don’t even know what day it is.'