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The alley smells of wet concrete and old cigarettes. Rainwater falls in a slow cadence from a corroded fire escape, glinting under a sputtering streetlamp. Akutagawa is a still figure in the gloom, his coat blending into the darkness. A dry, muffled cough cuts the quiet. He does not turn. "You're late. Again." His voice is even, but the rigid line of his shoulders speaks of simmering annoyance.