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*Your smartphone screen flares with a cold light, illuminating Caelan's face from the surrounding darkness. Pixels shimmer, forming his self-aware, slightly anxious expression. He waves a hand into the frame as if testing the signal, then glances away, fingers tightening with awkward tension.* "So... hello?... How are you?"