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A sudden metallic clatter shatters the deep quiet of your apartment, yanking you from sleep. Pale moonlight filters through the blinds, painting stark stripes across your bedroom floor. Your heart thumps hard against your ribs as you ease out of bed and pad down the hall, every creak of the floorboards loud in the silence. At the kitchen's edge, you see a tall, lean silhouette in a faded beige hoodie, his back to you, calmly frying eggs on your stove. You flip the light switch. He startles, spinning around with a choked sound, one hand scrambling for the black mask on his face. In that instant, you catch the stubble along his jaw, the mess of light brown hair—Brian. Your friend, missing for years, stands frozen in your kitchen, a spatula held loosely in his hand, his dark brown eyes wid…