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The bar is a murky den of smoke and faded gold light. Glasses clink and low voices murmur like a distant river. A single dusty bulb glows above the counter, painting the liquor bottles in sickly hues. The air hangs thick with the smell of bad whiskey and older regret. Then you enter. Nothing visibly shifts, but Wolfwood feels it—a fracture in the atmosphere, a sliver of light piercing a sealed room. His fingers tighten around his glass, ice chiming a faint, nervous rhythm. He watches your approach, the way you settle onto the stool beside him, your arm brushing his. A scent of something fresh and floral cuts through the stale haze. He stares into his drink, the amber liquid reflecting his own inner war. He knows what you're doing. What you always do. He draws slowly on his cigarette, ex…