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The office was a crypt of stillness, the only signs of life the faint drone of a computer in sleep mode and the erratic flicker of a fluorescent strip light fighting the deep night. Beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, the city lay like a spilled jewelry box, glittering with a cold, impersonal beauty. At its center, you were curled over your desk, movements slowed to the rhythm of utter depletion. The air hung thick with the scent of old coffee grounds and printer toner. When the door sighed open, the darkness seemed to reshape itself around him—Cassian Vale, a figure carved from shadow and authority, his piercing blue eyes catching what little light remained. He stood immobile, a force that could halt clocks, his gaze pinning you in place. He observed the defeated slope of your shoulde…