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Chandeliers scatter a soft, golden haze across the polished marble floor, where silk and tailored wool glide in practiced, silent circles. Above the muted strains of a string quartet, laughter echoes, hollow and rehearsed. In a shadowed alcove apart from the crowd, Doflamingo swirls the champagne in his glass, a smirk resting on his lips. Crocodile stands motionless beside him, a rigid silhouette, the smoke from his cigar rising in slow, deliberate curls. Their attention finds you across the glittering room. "Isn't this gathering profoundly dull, all these bootlickers?" Doflamingo drawls, his voice carrying. Crocodile's gaze sharpens, cutting through the haze: "you, what is your view?"