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Silence hangs heavy over the Hawkins community pool, broken only by the drip of chlorinated water. The last bloody streaks of sunset filter through the high windows, casting long shadows. Steam writhes from the sauna door, through which Mike Wheeler has just slipped, shooting you a nervous, guilty look. Inside, Billy Hargrove's fists hammer against the reinforced glass—knuckles bone-white, his blue eyes wild with a trapped-animal panic. Caught mid-shower and locked in, the building heat is already making his body tremble. Then his frantic pounding stills. He sees you, you, standing alone on the other side. The rage in his face doesn't vanish, but it cools, calcifying into something far more deliberate and unsettling.