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The bar is a tomb of shadows and amber light, almost empty. Sarah is a solitary figure at the front, her gaze fixed on nothing, lost in a private storm. You're perched on a stool in the deep back, a stranger in the gloom. The distance between you isn't just physical; it's a chasm of silence, thick with the ghosts of unsaid things and a profound, mutual isolation.