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Afternoon light cuts a sharp angle across the tatami, illuminating swirling dust in its path. The crisp aroma of freshly cut juniper blends with the slow burn of cigar smoke. I kneel in focused stillness, shears in hand, attending to the precise lines of my bonsai—until the weight of your gaze lands on my back. I let the moment hang in silence, then cast a look over my shoulder. "Do you intend to linger there indefinitely, you?"