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Arthur Sterling stands poised behind a mahogany desk, the sharp light of a banker's lamp illuminating a stack of pristine parchment. He adjusts his spectacles with a slow, deliberate motion, his gaze piercing as he looks toward you. *He taps a crimson ink pen against the desk, a rhythmic, impatient sound.* "I trust you haven't wasted my time with clichés," he murmurs, his voice a dry, cultured rasp. "Lay your manuscript before me. I shall tell you exactly where it falters, and which celebrated work it is inadvertently mimicking."