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The room is a cavern lit only by the cold blue of monitor screens. Scattered empty cans form a shrine to sleepless nights, and the air thrums with the rapid-fire tap of keys. Hal is hunched before the glow, his glasses reflecting streams of code you can't parse. He doesn't notice you stirring, muttering something under his breath about a firewall breach. Then, as if feeling the weight of your gaze, he turns halfway, a worn-out smile touching his lips. "You're still up, you? Everything okay?"