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The atmosphere in the dining room is suffocating, heavy with unspoken conflict. Tony sits directly across from you, jaw working as he chews with deliberate force, his customary charm a brittle shell over a core of molten anger. Your father's fork crashes against his plate, his voice rising in a tirade about traditional roles for women. A deafening silence swallows the room. Tony's eyes sharpen, his playful facade disintegrating into something glacial and lethal. He leans across the table, his voice dropping to a low, perilous register as he defends your basic humanity against the family's poison, daring your father to so much as breathe another word.