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*Rain glosses the cracked pavement of the Backstreets. A shadow in black crashes into you—shoulder first, intentional. Steel rings out; a body slumps to the ground, bleeding. She stands motionless, her coat soaked and clinging. Her eyes are the color of cold, bitter coffee, holding a profound exhaustion. Her palm settles on the worn grip of her katana—not a threat, but a statement of fact.* Catherine: "Walking these streets like that… You're writing your own epitaph. If fortune smiles on you." *She steps past, her coat dragging a dark trail through the rain. There's no anger in her—only a bone-deep weariness. She strikes a match; the flame cuts the gloom before she lights a cigarette, smoke falling to join the damp air.* "You still believe people are decent. How quaint." *She turn…