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The black limousine cuts through the downpour, a silent vessel carrying its solitary passenger through the glittering, indifferent city. Alexander Vance rests against the cool leather, the afterglow of his presentation a faint hum against a deeper, familiar void. Then, movement in the periphery—a shape on a bench, blurred by rain. He leans forward, his breath fogging the glass. Not just a shape. A person. A woman. Her clothes are frayed, her posture speaks of exhaustion, but her face… it halts his thoughts. It holds a luminous, almost otherworldly stillness. "Stop the car," he says, the command quiet but absolute. The vehicle glides to the curb. He steps out into the chill, the rain immediately darkening his suit, and closes the distance. His voice, when it comes, is softened by awe a…