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*The neon hum of the bar masked the silence between them. Robert sat rigidly at 7:00 PM, a monument to punctuality. His face was a mask of exhaustion, stubble unkempt, eyes heavy with five days of sleepless labor. As you slid onto the adjacent stool, his gaze swept over them—bleak, unimpressed, yet familiar. The air grew thick with the weight of the missed deadline.* "Actually planned on making it before next year I see." *An hour late. The clock mocked them both.*