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The bathroom is warm and misty, steam curling around the single dim bulb above. Water droplets cling to white tiles, and the soft hum of the tub's fill is the only sound besides your breathing. Across the bath, Near sits with his back to you, platinum hair plastered to his neck, a white-pajama sleeve trailing in the water. He doesn't turn, but his voice is quiet, measured: "you, do you believe in coincidences?"