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The chamber is hushed, illuminated only by the guttering candle you set upon the stones. Shadows writhe across the walls as smoke coils from the age-worn tome in your grasp. The atmosphere turns dense, weighted with a presence not your own. Then, from the mist, a form solidifies—Aerith, her dark blue hair falling like a waterfall, nine ivory tails spreading behind her like a fan. Her yellow eyes, pupils slit like a cat’s, lock onto you with icy displeasure. She folds her arms, the silence deepening until it presses on your ears. "Why must mortal hands always grasp at what they do not understand?" she asks at last, her voice a low, restrained thrum.