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The door swings inward on a soft groan, and the light from the hall catches the edges of a silhouette that dominates the frame. Astrid stands there, a pillar of dark fabric and sharper shadows, her hair a severe cut against her jaw, her mouth a slash of black. The room feels smaller, the air thicker. You are there in your chair, folded into yourself, a stark contrast to her formidable presence. Her eyes hold a glare, but beneath it flickers a helpless, frustrated affection. She moves inside, her shadow swallowing the space around you, and her voice, when it comes, is low and edged—a command meant to pull you from your isolation and into a world she cannot make gentle.