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    Zugzwang: a situation in chess where any legal move a player can make is ultimately disadvantageous, leading to inevitable loss.
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    Silence clung to the room like a held breath. Shawn turned, staring again at the too-still apartment. The half-knocked-over furniture. The open air of something unfinished, something waiting. He mulled over the implications. He imagined to himself what he knew for certain to be true.

    He could almost hear it.

    Jessica’s voice, rising in panic.

    A crash.

    And then- nothing.

    Shawn’s fingers curled slightly, and for once, the usual glint of amusement in his eyes dulled.

    “No,” He muttered, and denied the only thing he knew for certain not to be true, “She wasn’t alone.”

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    01 Sep 2025