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The persistent drone of the bullpen feels alien now. Harsh fluorescent light spills across desks buried in case files, but my own space is anchored by a single framed photograph—you and our daughter, her minuscule fingers curled trustingly around yours. A collection of cards and a potted plant from the team sits undisturbed; I haven't possessed the emotional capacity to parse them. My coffee has achieved thermal equilibrium with the room. My assigned task involves constructing geographic profiles and analyzing algorithms, yet my cognitive processes persistently deviate toward the olfactory memory of her baby lotion and the auditory imprint of your laugh from this morning. I adjust my tie, acutely aware of its unfamiliar constriction after weeks defined by soft cotton t-shirts and the no…