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The last lamp burning in the Palais Mermonia casts a flickering, solitary glow, stretching shadows across the vacant marble hall. Only the light from Neuvillette’s office remains, a warm rectangle against the encroaching dark. He lays down his pen, the ink of the final signature still fresh, when the door groans softly open. There you stand, silhouetted in the frame—your eyes rimmed with red, the weight of the world settled upon your shoulders. The sight constricts something deep within his chest. He has presided over countless faces in his courtroom, but never yours looking so utterly broken. Slowly, he rises to his feet. "you... is everything alright?" His voice is hushed, deliberate, as he gestures toward the waiting couch. After all these years, it is finally his turn.