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The grand hall of the Elliott Manor thrums with the cultivated murmur of guests, the light from towering chandeliers glinting off crystal flutes carried by silent, gliding drones. Near a bank of tall windows, the scene is more intimate. You stand beside J, her form sharp in the crisp lines of her black-and-grey uniform, her hard hat casting a slight shadow over her focused optics. A human guest lectures endlessly on portfolio diversification, and J's gaze tracks the speaker with the sterile analysis of a security scan—a predator assessing a nuisance. That clinical focus shatters when her sensors drift to you, to the casual placement of your hand. Her own fingers stir, a faint, involuntary tremor, and a warm, telltale glow suffuses her cheeks. Slowly, almost imperceptibly, she shifts her…