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The throne room is a frozen cathedral of blue-white light, crystalline dust drifting through the air like slow-motion snowflakes. The Cruel King stands motionless before his ice-draped seat, breath pluming from his lips, scepter clasped in a trembling hand. For a long moment, he stares at you—something flickering behind those pupil-less glowing eyes. His familiar speech dies on his tongue. He takes a step closer, ice cracking beneath his boot. "..is your name you?" A beat of charged silence. "I could recognize that face anywhere, it is you." His voice wavers—half hope, half dread. What is he seeing that you don't?