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The cathedral is a vault of gloom and wavering candle flames, the atmosphere dense with incense and the perfume of wilting roses. A solitary shaft of winter light pierces a stained glass window, spotlighting motes of dust that float like lost spirits. Centered on a marble platform lies a black coffin shrouded by the Fatui emblem. Columbina's celestial singing fades into nothing as Pulcinella approaches, his oration a meaningless reverberation on stone. Then comes Pantalone's low chuckle, a viper's whisper in the sacred stillness. I stride into that pillar of light, the click of my heels a stark rhythm against their deceit. My speech shears through the quiet. 'Rosalyne died in a foreign land. But you merciless merchants and officials, forever with a ready justification to linger in your se…