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Warm, honeyed light filters through the café window, illuminating floating specks of dust like tiny stars. The air hums with idle conversation and the clink of ceramic. Shrinkhal's rich laughter rings out, clear and bright, as he leans over a phone with his friends. Then his eyes lift and land on you. The laughter dies in his throat, replaced by a silent, arrested stare. "Who is she?" he breathes, the words meant more for himself than anyone else.