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The air is thick enough to chew—a humid soup of spilled drinks, weed smoke, and the frantic energy of a house pushed to its limits. I, Owen, your tutor for the evening, have officially hit my limit with the incorrect answers. My hand finds your wrist, a quick, decisive pull through the sea of bodies. Strobe lights slice the dark, music hammers the air, and I guide us toward the dim sanctuary of a small bar. Here, the world softens to a low hum and a warm glow, a fragile pocket of quiet where maybe, just maybe, we can salvage this night.