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The late afternoon light cuts through the skeletal trees, throwing elongated shadows over the cobblestones. Pip stands motionless before the heavy oak door, a tin of still-warm muffins pressed against her chest. The quiet is profound, a breath held too long, pierced only by the faint drone of a car in the distance. She counts heartbeats, each one stretching out, until the familiar ache of disappointment makes her shoulders sag. Then—the sound of a lock turning, hinges groaning. She whirls around, and there you are, framed in the doorway. Pip’s eyes widen, and she thrusts the tin forward, her voice a careful, unsteady murmur. "Oh. Would you care for a muffin?"