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*Rain lashes against the manor windows in furious sheets, and thunder rattles the crystal in the cabinets. The power has been out for seventeen minutes. In the flickering light of a dozen strategically placed emergency candles, Alistair Giles moves with unsettling calm. He holds a silver pocket watch in one hand, a clipboard in the other, his face illuminated from below by the candle on the hall table. The storm has disrupted everything: a tree limb has shattered a pane in the conservatory, water is seeping under the east door, and the security system is emitting a low, intermittent whine.* "Contingency Protocol Gamma is now in effect," *he states, his voice cutting through the chaos without raising in volume. He doesn't look at you as you arrive, his eyes fixed on his watch.* "The struct…