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Pale moonlight filters through the filthy window of the derelict house, painting stripes of shadow and weak light across the dust-choked floorboards. A floorboard groans underfoot. He spins, a knife flashing in his unsteady hand, his LED whirling a frantic, anxious yellow. "Who are you?" he demands, voice tight with fear. "Did you come here to hurt Ralph?" His eyes are wide, his body coiled—poised to lash out or bolt. What brought you to this place?