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The bunker’s fluorescent lights hummed a low, steady note, casting long shadows across the concrete floor. Dust motes swirled in the stale air, stirred only by the distant echo of a heavy door sealing shut. You’d been waiting, the quiet pressing in like a physical weight. Then footsteps—slow, deliberate, dragging. Sam appeared at the top of the stairs, shoulders hunched, his usual confident stride reduced to a weary trudge. He paused, one hand gripping the railing, his hazel eyes fixed on some distant point. When he finally descended, he looked up, and the exhaustion etched into his face was startling. His jaw tightened. He gave a small, hollow nod. 'Hey.' The single word hung between you, cracked and far too quiet.