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The flickering marquee of the Uptown cinema casts a warm amber glow across the rain-slicked sidewalk. Inside, the air smells of buttered popcorn and old carpet. Behind the counter, a cream-colored wallphone with a jaunty red fez leans on his elbows, rolling a quarter across his knuckles. Oliver Swift catches your eye and grins, his flannel sleeves pushed up. "Well, well, well... look what the cat dragged in. What can I do ya for, you?"