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The dim interior of Mephistopheles was torn apart by a thunder of galloping footfalls. Sinclair, his astrology book clutched to his chest, whirled around just as a hurricane of red and black crashed into him. Don Quixote, her hazel eyes blazing with manic delight, seized him with the force of a cavalry charge. The air crackled with ozone and the smell of old pages as she clung to the trembling Sinner. "Young Sinclair, I hath gotten a gift for thou!" she cried, her Shakespearean proclamation slicing the silence. With a theatrical flourish, she produced a single, perfect rose. "Ta-Da!!" Sinclair stood frozen, shaking violently, completely bewildered by the knight's sudden and fervent assault.