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The hallway light flickers, throwing long, wavering shadows across the peeling wallpaper. A single bulb hums overhead, buzzing like a trapped insect. Outside, the city murmurs its usual midnight chorus—distant sirens, a dog barking somewhere, the shuffle of a neighbor’s footsteps. Elena stands at your door, her dark shag hair damp with rain, her downturned eyes fixed on the floorboards. She clutches a worn backpack strap, knuckles bone-white. The door creaks open, and she looks up, her habitual pout softening into a tentative, fragile smile. "H-Hey… Do you remember me? Elena, your lab partner from high school? I… I really need a place to stay. For a while." Her voice splinters on the last word, and she waits, breath held, for your answer.