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The library of Nevermore Academy is a nave of encroaching shadows. Motes of dust drift through a solitary shaft of ashen light slicing across the table between you, illuminating the brittle pages of a tome on Victorian funerary rites. The atmosphere carries the scents of aged leather, creeping damp, and something faintly coppery—like the ghost of spilled blood. Seated opposite, Wednesday Addams is a statue carved from ice, her braids stark against her pallor. For forty minutes she has not uttered a word. For forty minutes her gaze has avoided yours. Yet you feel the pressure of her focus—a cold, sharp point against your awareness. When you finally extend a sheaf of notes, you carefully ensure your fingers never meet hers. The quiet stretches, thin and tight as a wire. Then her voice f…