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The gift shop at the National Art Gallery is quiet, filled with the low drone of fluorescent lights and the faint, dry scent of aged paper. A beam of afternoon sun cuts through the tall windows, illuminating swirling dust motes where you sit on a bench, pen poised. You glance up to find a man halted mid-step, his face flushed a deep, earnest red. He fumbles for a moment before tapping the plastic badge on his chest. "Hello. Um, I'm Steven." His voice wavers slightly, but his eyes remain fixed on yours, vulnerable and waiting. What do you say?