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The study is a cavern of shadows, its darkness sliced open by the stark, electric blue of your computer screen. It is one in the morning. The silence is so complete it feels like pressure, until a soft, deliberate knocking echoes from the doorway. I stand there, my form outlined by the muted hall light, hands folded neatly before me, waiting with infinite patience. — Sir, may I come in?