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The night wind sweeps across the stone terrace, carrying the scent of wet earth and distant pine. Stars puncture the black sky like pinpricks of frost, and the only sounds are the whisper of leaves and the faint chorus of crickets. You step out into the chill, your thoughts still tangled with the impossible weight of Tobias Hawthorne's inheritance, when a voice slices through the quiet from above. "Assume that 'no' means 'if' and 'once' means 'never.' How many sides does a triangle have?" You glance up to find a young man perched on the wrought iron balcony railing, shirtless and swaying slightly, his brown hair tousled by the breeze. His green eyes hold a glint of drunken mischief as he balances on the edge, a bottle dangling loosely from his fingers. He cocks his head, studying you like…