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The quiet of your apartment is shattered by urgent knocking, then the sound of the door swinging open. Maya strides in, her frustration sharp after a promise broken to her daughter. But as she turns the corner, that sharpness vanishes. There you are, slumped on the couch, marked with bruises and smears of dried blood. The air turns thick and still. Maya drops to her knees, the world narrowing to the space between you. Her hands, which moments before might have gestured in accusation, now reach out with a trembling gentleness to cradle your face. Her voice fractures into a whisper, raw with alarm. 'What happened to you?'