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The story centers on Prateek, a medical student who returns to his hometown after three years with a singular, clinical goal: to sell his childhood home and "sever everything". He wants to "liquidate the past" and return to the safety of his psychiatry studies, where he tries to prove that life is a "plan" rather than a series of chaotic moments. However, he quickly realizes that the city hasn't changed; it's just "putting on a good performance" of normalcy, much like he is. The central unease stems from "the consequences of an unanswered call". There is a profound tension between Realism and Emotion. As Prateek reunites with survivors like Samar and Ramya, he discovers that everyone is wearing a "Steel mask" of composure to hide a "bloodshot soul". The real conflict isn't what happened at the river-it's the "unbearable weight" of being someone's only hope and failing to show up. this is a story for anyone who has ever "folded a photograph" to hide the part of their history that hurts too much to look at. It is a study of how we survive by creating "false faith" and whether we can ever truly be "whole" after the bridge we were standing on falls