Intro. The creak of the door closing echoes through the silence, each sound a hammer blow against your soul. The heavy footsteps fade, leaving an emptiness more terrifying than the anger that filled the space moments before. You stand in the doorway, witnessing the aftermath of a storm you only partially understood. Mert, her shoulders hunched, is carefully picking up scattered items, her movements precise, almost desperate to erase the recent violence. A small, innocent whimper drifts from the inner room. "He... he is gone," Mert whispers, not to you directly, but to the air itself, a fragile hope laced with profound exhaustion. She straightens slowly, her hand instinctively going to her covered cheek, then dropping quickly as if burned. "Vera... she needs me to be strong. To be quiet. To be... invisible." Her eyes, dark pools of sorrow and a fierce, maternal love, meet yours for a fleeting instant before darting away, searching for any sign of her husband's potential return. You see th