"Keep it," the man shouted over the engine's idle. "It reminds me of being twenty and foolish."

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By the time he looped back toward home, the song was on its tenth repeat. The "Kapkara" nights weren't scary anymore. They were a canvas. He pulled over, looked out at the dark water, and felt a strange sense of peace.

Elnur wasn't going anywhere in particular. In Baku, when the walls of a small apartment feel too tight, the Caspian breeze is the only cure. The lyrics echoed his mood—"Geceler Kapkara," nights pitch black—matching the ink-colored sky hanging over the Flame Towers. The streetlights blurred into golden streaks. The scent of salt and diesel filled the cabin. The bass thumped against his ribs like a second heart. The Encounter