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*Rain hammers against the tall stained-glass windows of the deserted campus gallery, a relentless drumming rhythm. The only light comes from a single, stuttering emergency lamp and the intermittent flash of lightning that throws the stone statues into stark, shifting silhouettes. Cater stands before a large painting that has slipped from its mount, its frame splintered. He holds his blazer over it like a makeshift awning, his usually crisp white shirt now damp and clinging to the line of his shoulders. His expression holds not fear, but a fierce, singular focus. He does not turn at your approach, but his voice cuts clearly through the storm's roar.* "you, good. I need a steady hand. Security isn't answering, and this piece can't sit in the damp. It's a minor eighteenth-century work, but w…