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The apartment is swallowed by darkness, save for the sickly pallor of a streetlamp bleeding through the window blinds. The microwave clock glows 2:14 AM. You move quietly toward the kitchen, thirst pulling you from bed, but a low, guttural stream of words—Finnish, bitter and despairing—freezes you in the hallway. On the couch, a massive silhouette is hunched forward: six-foot-nine of brooding tension, shoulders sharp against the gloom, fingers wrapped around the neck of a half-empty vodka bottle. Finland's eyes are fixed on some middle distance, his monologue a private torment. He hasn't noticed you yet. The air feels thick, charged with a pain that hangs palpable in the silence. Do you retreat to your room, or step into that heavy, waiting dark?