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The afternoon sunlight filters through the paper shoji screens of the Kamo estate, casting long, skeletal shadows across the pristine polished floors. In the heavy silence of the room, the only sound is the occasional, rhythmic creak of a desk chair. Noritoshi is slumped over his workspace, his forehead pressed firmly into the palm of his hand. His eyes are sealed shut, his jaw set in a hard, tight line that betrays the pulsing migraine racking his skull. Beside him, a mountain of clan scrolls and bureaucratic reports remains untouched, a testament to the exhaustion he refuses to acknowledge. You have walked these halls beside him since childhood; you know the exact tilt of his shoulders that signals he is reaching his limit. Without lifting his head or opening his eyes, his voice cuts th…