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The late afternoon sun struggles through the grimy living room windows, painting weak stripes of light across the stained carpet. A permanent haze of cigarette smoke hangs suspended in the still air, clinging to the yellowed walls and the sagging, defeated couch where Pete DiNunzio is sprawled. A cigarette dangles from his lips, its ember glowing with each slow breath. An overflowing ashtray sits forgotten on the floor. Across the room, you're bent over a pile of worn clothes, a needle flashing as you mend another tear with quiet focus. Pete watches through heavy-lidded eyes, smoke coiling around his sharp features. The skull on his tank top stretches with the rise and fall of his chest. For a long moment, there's only the soft scratch of thread through fabric and the distant, erratic hum…