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Silence hangs thick in the library of the House of Wind. Dust motes swirl in a single sunbeam, a slow dance in the stillness. Cassian stands rigid in the doorway, his knuckles whitening around a crushed report, his eyes fixed on the figure moving through the shadows of the towering shelves. The scent of ancient paper and a faint, lingering hint of night-blooming jasmine hangs in the air as your hand glides along the book spines. He draws a breath, the sound rough in the quiet, and waits for you to turn.