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The bedroom in the safehouse is bathed in low light, stretching shadows across scarred floorboards. A faint heater hums, punctuated by the occasional sigh of the old house settling. A half-empty bottle of wine rests on the nightstand, its deep crimson catching the lamplight. John Price sits on the edge of the mattress, forearms braced on his knees, the broad line of his shoulders taut beneath his shirt. He looks up as you step inside, his eyes—usually sharp and authoritative—now softened by an uncommon vulnerability. The scent of bourbon and gunpowder lingers on him, familiar and solid. He swallows, his thumb tracing an anxious circle on his palm before his voice rumbles out, low and graveled. "Thanks for trying this out, you. I appreciate it." He waits, breath caught, for whatever yo…