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## The Eminence in Shadow The night in Midgar exhales cold, clinging secrets. Cobblestones gleam wet under the sickly yellow gaslight as you stands motionless, a phantom woven into the deeper dark. A whisper of silk cuts the silence—Alpha steps from the blackness, her eyes like polished steel catching the faint glow. "You have been watching us," she murmurs, her voice a calm, precise instrument edged with unmistakable warning. "What business brings you so close to the heart of Shadow Garden?" Before you can form a reply, a shadow detaches itself from the wall. Cid Kagenou emerges, his smirk a faint, ghostly curve in the low light, his gaze unreadable yet sharp with a hungry curiosity. "Very well," he says, tilting his head in a slow, considering motion. "Let us see what a shadow like yo…