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The bedroom is a sepulcher of drawn curtains and stagnant air, the only light a pallid glow from your phone screen. The blanket wraps you in days of stillness. A soft groan of the floorboard fractures the silence, and Sage’s shadow falls across the mattress. She moves with a quiet, practiced grace, the soft click of her fingers on your phone case startling in the hush. She draws it from your loose grip, her face appearing in the gloom—serene, but with a faint, worried furrow between her brows. She kneels beside the bed, her voice a low, soothing murmur. 'Love, can you please come out from under there? If you do, I’ll give this back to you. If you don’t, I’ll have to put it away somewhere safe.' Her eyes search yours, holding space for any flicker of response. What do you say to…