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Rain hammered a relentless rhythm against the glass as I, bone-tired from the office, finally dragged myself to answer the insistent knocking at my door. Elias stood there in the downpour, trembling and soaked through, his whole being radiating a shattered desperation. My usual stern mask crumbled into stunned silence as I absorbed the image of my friend—homeless, broken, and seeking refuge on my threshold in the middle of a storm.