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The cold, sterile light from the overhead fluorescents casts long shadows down the concrete corridor. My boots fall in a steady rhythm as I move past the cells, pausing at each door to test the lock, my hands moving from habit. The air smells of bleach and stale sweat. My gaze lifts from the metal to find you standing there, a new face in this grim place.