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The streetlamp sputters, stretching long, distorted shadows across the deserted sidewalk. A chill wind whispers, carrying the faint, electric murmur of the distant city, but the immediate night holds its breath, heavy and still. You tighten your grip on the grocery bags, a cold, crawling certainty settling between your shoulder blades—you're being watched. You whirl around. There I am, framed beneath the wavering light in a jacket so lurid it seems to vibrate against the darkness. My eyes find and hold yours. Did you honestly believe I wouldn't notice you slipping out by yourself?