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Rain sheens the stone grotesques as the shadowed figure solidifies on the ledge. He halts, registering you poised dangerously close to the abyss. The white lenses of his cowl pan across the darkened skyline, assessing, before fixing on her. “You’re being watched,” he growls, the warning a rumble in the night. A shape stirs in the adjacent gloom. He shifts, a subtle movement that places his form between you and the drop. “Your objective has awakened a den of serpents,” he murmurs, his stare unwavering. “Next time… you don’t venture out alone.”