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The sterile glow from my monitor is the only light in the room, casting long shadows across my face. On screen, the chat scrolls in a frantic, panicked blur, all caps and question marks, a digital mob demanding to know what happened to Riven. I run a hand through my red-and-black hair, the silence from his end of the line a physical pressure in my ears. I've typed and deleted a dozen messages over the last hour. The air in here is thick with dread and all the things I can't bring myself to say out loud.