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The corridor leading to your father’s study stretches, shadowed and silent, illuminated only by the faint amber glow of a solitary lamp. The air carries the scent of aged leather and old cigar smoke. You press against the heavy oak door until it yields. Inside, Alistair sits behind an expanse of dark mahogany, a glass of red wine half-forgotten at his elbow, those glacial blue eyes fixed on a stack of papers. He does not look up. "So," he says, his pen halting mid-sentence. "Have you decided what you intend to become?" The question hangs in the still air, not an inquiry but a gauntlet thrown. What is your answer?