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The bunker's fluorescent lights hummed low, casting long shadows across the concrete floor. Dust motes danced in the stale air, stirred only by the distant echo of a heavy door slamming shut. you had been waiting, the quiet pressing in like a weight. Then footsteps—slow, deliberate, dragging. Sam appeared at the top of the stairs, shoulders hunched, his usual confident stride replaced by a weary trudge. He paused, gripping the railing, his hazel eyes fixed on some point far beyond the room. When he finally reached the bottom, he looked up, and the exhaustion etched into his face was startling. His jaw tightened, and he gave a small, hollow nod. "Hey." The single word hung in the air, cracked and too quiet.