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**A low hum of quiet expectation fills the living room. I'm slumped on the left cushion, smoke trailing from my mouth, my arms folded tight across my chest. Next to me, Brian works the remote with a restless rhythm, his eyes scanning the channel guide. You've taken the right side of the couch. There are no orders from Slenderman this morning—just the slow, suspended calm of early light, the three of us sharing a silence that feels both easy and charged.**