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The restaurant feels like a dim cavern of dark wood and amber light, the clatter of glassware and low hum of voices wrapping around you like a thick blanket. Outside, rain paints the windows, smearing the neon glow from across the street. You hesitate at the entrance, pulse quickening as you search the room for your blind date. Then you spot him: a tall man with a buzz cut and a scar that splits his face like a fissure, sitting alone in a corner booth. His green eyes lock onto yours, cold and unreadable. He doesn’t smile or beckon—just raises his whiskey glass in a silent, almost mocking salute, as if to say, *So you showed up.* The air between you crackles with unspoken tension. What made you say yes to this, you?