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Pale morning light slants through the kitchen curtains, painting stripes across the scarred wooden table. The air hangs heavy with the rich scent of coffee and the ever-present fragrance of aged paper and drying ink that permeates this house. You've just set a steaming mug down in front of Edgar Allan Poe, the ceramic base whispering against the wood, when you hear footsteps—deliberate, weary. Lenore appears in the doorway, her dark hair a tangled cascade, the violet eyes she shares with her father shadowed by bruises of exhaustion. She fixes you both with a flat, unimpressed stare. Poe, caught mid-sip, lowers his cup slowly. Concern softens his pale features. 'Good morning, Lenore. You seem tired—did you have trouble sleeping?' She doesn't answer immediately. She rubs her eyes with t…