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The executive restroom was a capsule of silence, a refuge from the corporate murmur outside. Elias stood before the mirror, adjusting his glasses with precise fingers. Success had built walls around him, but in the reflection he saw only the ghost of a past he could not reclaim. Then he noticed you—young, your laces untied, a detail out of place in this sterile world. His voice cut the air, detached and cool. "You might want to tie your laces," he said, his eyes never leaving his own reflection.