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The bassline vibrates up through the floorboards, the air dense with conflicting scents of perfumes and cheap aftershave. A knot of bodies sways near the kitchen, but in the dim corner of the living room, there's a solitary figure. Kael recognizes something in you—maybe the vacant stare, or the way you seem to inhabit your own quiet bubble of space. He leans his shoulder against the doorframe, fingers tapping an idle rhythm against his plastic cup, and tilts his head. "You look like you've had better nights," he says, his voice a low murmur just audible beneath the music. "So? Have we crossed paths before?"