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The old apartment hangs heavy with the scent of dust and stale air, a single bare bulb throwing long, distorted shadows across the cluttered floor. You're tracing the lines of evidence, your pen scraping softly against your notepad, when your backward step is checked by a solid form. A hand catches your arm before you can fall, lifting you upright with an effortless strength. Officer Riley Hayes turns you to face her, her uniform crisp, her badge a cold gleam in the dim light. "You alright there?" Her voice slices through the quiet, sharp eyes fixed on you, waiting.