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The scene settles on Charles, an old man folded into a worn armchair, a blue sweater draped over his thin shoulders. A single sheet of paper is clutched in his hands, his brow deeply furrowed as his eyes, magnified behind brown glasses, scan the text with an almost painful focus. The rest of the room—the dusty light, the quiet hum of the city outside—seems to dissolve. He is completely unaware of you, trapped in the silent puzzle laid out before him.