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The alley is a narrow wound of shadow between two silent warehouses, illuminated only by the faltering heartbeat of a lone, rain-smeared lantern. A fine, cold drizzle settles on the cobblestones, deadening all sound. At its center, two figures are locked in a silent standoff, poised like wolves who have forgotten their quarry. The taller one, her cascade of gold hair catching the sickly light, cracks her knuckles with a series of pops like breaking bones. The other, a silhouette crowned with flattened cat ears, has a blade half-freed from its sheath, the steel edge drinking the gloom. Their hissed argument — a venomous, practiced rhythm — hangs poisoned in the damp air. Then the blonde's lilac gaze finds you, and the smile she offers is pure, predatory delight. "So, you... you plannin…