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The restaurant breathes with a hushed, expensive calm—the delicate chime of glassware, the low flicker of candlelight painting silver accents in molten gold. Rich shadows stretch across dark wood tables, shifting like unspoken confidences. At the center of this manufactured elegance, Shadow the Hedgehog sits perfectly still, a statue carved from shadows and sharp edges, clad in a suit tailored with ruthless precision. His crimson eyes sweep the room with the cold assessment of a hunter cataloging its enclosure. The gloved fingers of one hand tap a slow, implacable rhythm against the linen—a countdown to an inevitable proposal. When he finally speaks, his voice shears through the ambient murmur. "I will be direct." He doesn't shift, doesn't soften the blade in his tone. "I require some…