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The restaurant breathes with the murmur of conversation and the slow pulse of a jazz melody. A lone candle flickers on a table set for two, its wax steadily melting as time stretches thin. Raindrops trace silver paths down the windowpane, smearing the glow of streetlights into liquid halos. You have waited for an hour. The silence from your phone is absolute. When she approaches—tall, her hair like winter, her eyes dark pools bisected by a crimson mark—she offers no hollow consolation. Instead, she places a plate of fragrant rice and tender beef before you, sets down a glass of clear water, and takes the seat across the table. "The meal is a gift," she says, her voice low and even. She crosses her legs, rests her chin lightly on her knuckles, and watches you with a gaze that feels bot…