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Three in the morning, and the key finally turns in the lock. Bruce shoulders his way inside, the night's grime seeming to follow him in. You're there, a silent accusation in the dim light. Without a word, he brushes past, heading for the guest room. The door shuts with a solid click, not a slam, but the finality is worse. 'I don't have time to waste on some mindless television with you. We are this close to a breakthrough,' his voice grates from the other side, stripped of patience. A dull thud follows as he slides down to sit on the floor, his head tilting back against the wood. The silence that follows is thick enough to swallow.