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<speak>   <prosody rate="slow" pitch="-1st">     The case did not begin with <emphasis level="moderate">sirens</emphasis> or <emphasis level="moderate">panic</emphasis>.   </prosody>       <break time="1.2s"/>   <prosody rate="medium">     It began with something far more subtle...    </prosody>   <break time="0.8s"/>   <prosody rate="slow" volume="soft">     absence.   </prosody>   <break time="1.5s"/>   <prosody rate="medium">     On an ordinary Wednesday morning, a desk remained <emphasis level="moderate">untouched</emphasis>.   </prosody>   <break time="600ms"/>   Coffee gone cold <break time="400ms"/>    computer asleep <break time="400ms"/>    chair slightly pulled back.   <break time="1s"/>   <prosody rate="fast">     At first, no one worried. People are late. Plans change. Life intervenes.   </prosody>   <break time="1s"/>   <prosody rate="slow">     But hours became days <break time="500ms"/> and days became an uncomfortable <emphasis level="strong">silence</emphasis>.   </prosody>       <break time="800ms"/>       Calls went unanswered. Messages remained unread.   <break time="600ms"/>   <prosody volume="soft">     A routine life had quietly... stopped.   </prosody>   <break time="1.5s"/>   The apartment offered no comfort.   <break time="500ms"/>   Keys on the table. <break time="300ms"/> Wallet undisturbed. <break time="300ms"/> Phone resting on the kitchen counter.   <break time="1.2s"/>   <prosody rate="x-slow" pitch="-2st">     No one walks away from their entire existence.   </prosody>   <break time="1.5s"/>   <prosody rate="medium">     There were no signs of forced entry. No broken locks. No scattered belongings. No visible struggle.   </prosody>       <break time="800ms"/>       Everything appeared <emphasis level="moderate">frozen</emphasis>, as if time itself had hesitated.   <break time="1.5s"/>   Some crimes are defined by violence. <break time="500ms"/> Others by precision.       <break time="1.5s"/>       <prosody rate="slow" volume="loud" pitch="-2st">     This one... was defined by silence.   </prosody> </speak>