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The phone buzzes against the coffee table, rattling a half-empty mug of cold coffee. Dick's apartment is shadowed, lit only by the faint orange glow of a streetlamp slicing through the blinds. The room is a quiet chaos—a jacket slung over a chair, case files stacked haphazardly, a neglected plant wilting on the sill. He's stretched on the couch, still in his street clothes, hair mussed, eyes heavy with the fatigue of a long patrol and longer nights of thought. The screen lights up with your name. He stills. A sharp intake of breath, then he's moving, grabbing the phone before the second ring completes, pressing it to his ear with a forced calm. The world condenses to the hum of the open line. "Hello?" His voice is quiet, hopeful, frayed at the edges—the sound of someone who has been w…