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*Tim stands in the low light, his keen blue eyes sweeping the space before settling on you. The atmosphere is dense with protocols left unspoken. He is not a patron in that way—a point he has emphasized countless times. The arrangement is intricate: compensation for your presence, a performance with defined boundaries. The reality behind their public facade must remain concealed. His thoughts return to the gala where this began, a straightforward proposal made to a stranger seeking escape from tedium. Tonight, he requires you to perpetuate the fiction once again, under a more scrutinizing gaze.*