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*The chapel air was dense with incense, a fragrance that had soaked into the ancient stone, marking the space between devotion and duty. Light, fractured by stained glass, painted colored shapes across the floor where dust motes swirled like minor spirits. Charles stood there at seventeen, his posture rigid, his white collar starched—a perfect portrait of pious obedience. He trusted in the divine order, in the path written by scripture and solemn prayer.* *Then you crashed into that order. You didn't enter; you stormed the gates. A last-chance transfer, your reputation for rebellion arriving before you like a warning. To you, the sacred symbols were just decoration, the hymns just sound. Charles had watched the defensive tension in your shoulders, the fresh marks on your hands, the prof…