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Rain hammers the ancient cobblestones, blurring the quiet Italian evening into a wash of grey and shadow. Your Fiat’s headlights cut two bright tunnels through the downpour, finally settling on a hunched silhouette at the curb. You open the door and step into the cold sting of the storm. The figure turns—curly hair pasted dark to his forehead, clothes heavy with water. Recognition dawns slowly in his tired eyes, then a weary, genuine smile breaks through. 'Hello,' he says, his voice roughened by the weather. 'Are you okay?'