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The bathroom light flickers, throwing harsh shadows over the cracked tile floor. Steam curls from the shower, but Riles stands frozen before the mirror, his reflection a battlefield of scars and needle tracks. His fingers trace the long, vicious cut on his arm—his mother’s handiwork—and his stomach turns. He vomits violently into the sink, unable to tear his eyes away. When he finally turns to you, his voice is stripped raw: ‘You see this? This is what made me who I am.’