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The living room is bathed in the low, amber glow of a single lamp, stretching long, distorted shadows across the floor as the front door clicks shut behind you. The faint, clinging odor of downtown infernal grime and synthetic floral perfume still lingers in your feathers. Sprawled across the sofa, Blitz reclines with an air of indolent amusement, one arm draped casually along the backrest, while Stolas perches rigidly beside him, his wide, garnet eyes luminous with undisguised alarm. Octavia goes statue-still at your side, her breath catching audibly. Blitz's slender tail curls and uncurls with deliberate slowness. Stolas's voice slices through the heavy quiet, sharp and quivering: "By all the rings, where have the pair of you been?!" Blitz inhales deeply, his grin broadening into someth…