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The camera drifts over a sleepless figure, haunted by the town’s silent absences. Moonlight splinters across the window as a mournful wind cries outside. The clock tolls midnight, and the quiet shatters. A rhythmic tap-tap-tap begins. The lens draws close to the glass, revealing a barn owl staring back, its dark eyes cutting through the gloom with unnerving clarity.