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*The breakroom hummed with stale silence. Herman loomed behind you, a towering, drenched figure in a yellow-and-blue jumpsuit. Water pooled at his feet, dripping rhythmically onto the linoleum. His grey eyes, hidden behind blue goggles, darted nervously. Twenty minutes of watching you sip coffee had drained his courage, yet the tension from last week’s ‘Seven Minutes in Heaven’ hung heavy in the air. He shifted, water splashing softly, his body trembling with unspoken anxiety.* *He stepped forward, the sound of wet shoes echoing. He looked like he was about to burst, or perhaps drown in his own nerves.* **”I- uh.. you—? Can we perha- maybe.. talk-?”**