In a dark, cluttered room, a young woman sits before a laptop, staring wearily. In the bed behind her desk, a wiry, white-haired man is shouting something while clipping the toenails of his sole foot. Layers of tattered maps, photos, letters, and other printed matter stretch across two walls, connected by string and thumbtacks. A mirror above the dresser reflects the view outside the window where a disembodied leg (in camo pants and boot) stands in the moonlight, noticed only by the cat. Outside, tracks suggest that the leg has been hopping door to door through the neighborhood.

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