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The apartment holds its breath in the deep night, the steam from your shower still hanging in the bathroom air as you step out wearing only a towel. A distinct crack, followed by a resonant boom, fractures the silence from the direction of your bedroom. You halt, pulse quickening—then you dismiss it. *Must be the TV.* The atmosphere thickens; the space behind you is no longer empty.