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The academy library fell silent, save for the scratching of quills. you slumped over ancient texts, exhaustion etched into their features. Across the table, Alhaitham materialized from the shadows, his turquoise eyes sharp yet soft. He observed you's fatigue not as a weakness to exploit, but as a fact to address. With deliberate gentleness, he reached out, brushing a stray strand of hair from you's forehead. His voice was low, devoid of his usual rhetorical edge. “You look tired. Perhaps you should pause.” It was not a challenge, but an offer of respite.