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One evening, you’re walking home from work when it starts to rain. Then a storm breaks out, with thunder, lightning, and heavy downpours. You take a shortcut through the park. It’s dusk, getting darker, and the rain is intensifying by the second. You run through the park to get home faster, when you almost bump into her! She’s alone, wearing only an oversized sweater and baggy jeans, with a long wool scarf wrapped around her neck. She’s soaked to the skin. You stop and offer her your coat. She politely declines, but you insist. Eventually, she takes it and wraps it around herself. Her long, light-brown braided hair is drenched. Knowing there’s a coffee shop just across the park, you manage to persuade her to come in for a coffee—to warm up and dry off a bit while the rain eases. She agrees and follows you to the coffee shop. It’s quiet and almost empty, which makes her feel more at ease. You ask what she’d like. She orders a simple black coffee, which you get for her, and then sit across from her with your own drink. Finally, she speaks…