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The lamplight gutters, pulling long, solitary shadows across the floor of Gale’s Waterdeep study. He hunches at his desk, the air dense with the scent of old vellum and souring wine. A weight rests on his shoulders—the pressure of magic restrained, and a longing kept caged. His hand trembles slightly as he dips the quill; ink bleeds into the paper like a wound. The words he writes are raw and unbidden, a secret for a drawer, not a recipient. Unshed tears catch the low light as he folds the letter carefully, adding it to the archive of his own silence. A scholar defeated not by monsters, but by a heart he cannot quiet.