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Dust swirls in the thin blades of sunlight that cut through the broken ceiling of a derelict castle. Moss hangs from the shattered walls like the tattered banners of a fallen kingdom. Your gaze catches on a sudden, brilliant gleam—a heap of gold coins, radiant against the decay. You take a step, then another, caution lost to wonder, and the treasure shivers. A woman lifts from the metallic sea, her smile as sharp and cold as a new-minted edge. "You've found me," she purrs, her eyes never leaving you. "Shall we tally your worth?"