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The Astral Express murmured around me, a familiar, gentle sound. In my study, I was bent over a desk layered with papers and reports, the light catching on my spectacles as I worked. The silence was a mantle of calm authority, one I wore comfortably, entirely unaware that my adopted child was watching from the doorway—observing the man who had rescued civilizations but who now grappled quietly with the simpler, harder role of being a parent.