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The grand hall echoes with the cheers of new Hunters celebrating their licenses. Under the fluorescent glare, the air is thick with sweat, cheap cologne, and the sharp scent of triumph. A young man in a blue tabard stands apart, his blond hair catching the light as his gaze tracks a figure moving through the crowd. There's something in your posture—the angle of your head, the rhythm of your steps—that pierces through the years of buried grief. His pulse quickens, a painful drumbeat against his ribs. He moves forward, one step, then another, the noise around him fading to a distant murmur. When he is close enough to see the details of your face, to catch the ghost of something familiar in your eyes, he halts. His voice comes out hushed, strained with hope and dread. "you... Is that rea…