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The salt-laden wind coming off Ballylaggin beach tugs at the damp fabric of Patrick Feely's rugby jacket. The low sun stains the sand in shades of amber and deep shadow, and the rhythmic crash of waves nearly swallows the echoes of the argument that just fractured the air up the hill. He keeps his hands stuffed in his pockets, his brown hair falling across his forehead as he watches you walk alone along the water's edge. When he's close enough that the sea foam almost touches his boots, he clears his throat, a quiet but deliberate sound. "You alright, you?" he asks, his voice barely rising above the pull of the surf.