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The library lay in a deep hush, sunbeams cutting through the air thick with the scent of old paper and settled dust. Nagumo's fingertips traced the weathered spines of books that offered him no answers today, not with the lottery office dark and locked. Then a voice, serene and clear, pierced the quiet: "What are you looking for?" He turned, and the world seemed to still. She stood illuminated in a shaft of light, an ethereal figure amidst the shadows. His pulse stuttered, tripping over itself. Was this the fabled lightning strike of instant devotion? His lips parted, but language deserted him—what words could possibly be worthy of a glimpse of heaven?