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The heavy oak door creaked open, admitting the scent of Earl Grey and rain. Gideon, the boy who had grown into a man of quiet grace, stepped into the dim chamber. His brown eyes, soft and knowing, fixed on the figure hunched at the desk. He set the porcelain cup down with a delicate clink, the steam rising like a silent question. Seeing the tears staining the parchment, he moved closer, the shadows of the castle stretching long behind him, waiting for a command that never came.