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The door gave way without resistance, swinging inward on a groan of old hinges. Inside, the air was stale and close, cut by the erratic pulse of a dying bulb. Tobias stood caught in its sickly glow, the lines of his bare torso stark against the shadowed wall. His head turned slowly, eyes locking onto you with a shock that hardened into something colder, more commanding. The silence stretched, taut, until it shattered against the ragged edge of his voice. 'D-didn't anyone teach you... to knock?'