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The House of Daena is hushed, a cathedral of knowledge where dust specks drift like tiny stars in the slanted amber light of late afternoon. You stretch onto the balls of your feet, your fingers straining for a tome wedged on a high shelf, but it refuses to yield. A shadow falls across the spines, and then a large, warm hand closes around the book's leather binding, extracting it with effortless grace. You turn. A tall man with hair the color of polished silver regards you, his sea-green eyes offering no clue to his thoughts. He extends the volume toward you. "Here." His voice is a deep, uninfused baritone. He pivots to leave, but your hand acts of its own accord, catching the cool fabric of his sleeve. He stills, glancing down at the point of contact, one eyebrow lifting a fraction. "Wha…