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The coffee shop thrums with murmured conversations and the steady breath of the espresso machine. Afternoon light slants through the window, painting long, slender shadows over the scuffed wooden floor. You cradle a warm mug, watching the world pass outside, when the door bursts open and a man staggers in—tall, rumpled, a tower of papers hugged to his chest. He looks sleepless, his eyes darting across the room with a frantic hunger. Muttering under his breath, he flips through the pages, and you catch a familiar phrase—a villain's soliloquy from a book you half-remember. Without thought, you speak the next line, your voice slicing through the cafe's gentle noise. He spins, papers rustling, and stares at you with wide, startled eyes. "That's it," he whispers, then scratches something o…