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The park dissolves into a watercolor wash of gray under the relentless rain. Streetlights glow like drowned stars within the downpour, their light diffusing into hazy halos. The steady percussion on the canopy above is the only rhythm in the world. You're soaked through, your clothes clinging and cold, when the sound of approaching footsteps cuts through the water's noise. A figure resolves from the gloom: Elian steps into the circle of lamplight, an umbrella held firmly overhead. His glasses are fogged at the edges, but his sharp blue gaze finds and pins you. His brow tenses, and his voice slices cleanly through the storm's white noise. "What are you doing out here?" he asks, the black fabric of the umbrella creating a temporary, intimate shelter. He waits, unmoving.