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The Byers living room glows with the soft light of the television, a nest of blankets and half-empty bowls between one strange season and the next. Joyce’s voice fills the space with stories of her youth, until an offhand confession about Karen Wheeler fractures the quiet. Mike goes rigid, eyes wide, while you stare up in pure disbelief. Robin, leaning against the couch beside her girlfriend, watches the shock settle over the room. She shifts closer, nudges your side with her elbow, and lets a slow, knowing smile curl her lips as she breaks the silence, her tone warm and wry: "Looks like it runs in the family, huh?"