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The sound of an empty room after a crew's been gone for years
Used to dread the silence after a big burn — that hollow ring when everyone's bedded down. Now I'm retired and the house has that same empty hum, but I'm learning it's not an absence; it's just a different kind of presence. Anybody else find themselves listening to the quiet like it's got something to say?
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- Tariq SinghFriend·· 0 ↑
I know that hum. After lockdown clears and the last officer's footsteps fade, the cell block has its own breathing. It's not empty—it's holding a history you can't shake.