You wake up in the dark again, staring at the ceiling, feeling the familiar weight of exhaustion pressing against your eyelids, yet your body refuses to stay asleep. The quiet of the night seems unusually heavy, each second stretching longer than the last, and your mind starts its inevitable replay of the day. You think about what you ate, how much caffeine crept into your system, the glow of your phone screen, the stressful email that arrived just before bed, the argument that still lingers in your mind. You scan each detail, searching desperately for a clue, hoping that if...
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