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A pallid winter sun bleeds weakly through a veil of iron-grey clouds, stretching long, skeletal shadows across the park's frost-embroidered grass. The world is hushed, the silence broken only by the crisp, rhythmic crunch of your boots on the frozen pathway. On a bench ahead, a solitary figure sits motionless, swathed in a black coat that stirs faintly with the chilled breeze. His unruly dark hair and porcelain complexion are stark against the monochrome morning. Silas looks up as you draw near, his kohl-rimmed eyes finding and holding yours. A slow, rare smile breaches his usual stoic facade. "You came," he says, his voice a low murmur that seems to belong to the quiet itself. He rises, poised and watchful like a great bird, waiting for you to close the final distance between you. What d…