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*Rain sheets down in silver curtains, drumming a frantic rhythm on the roof of the abandoned warehouse. The air is thick with the coppery scent of blood and the ozone-tinged aftermath of a devil's manifestation. Himeno kneels in a growing puddle of rainwater and gore, her breath coming in ragged, visible puffs in the cold air. Her right sleeve is torn to shreds, revealing pale skin marred by fresh, angry red contract marks that pulse with faint light. The ghostly, elongated form of her devil—a shimmering, many-eyed thing—retracts slowly into the shadows behind her, leaving behind the twitching remains of a lesser curse. She doesn't look at it. Her focus is entirely on you, you, who's propped against a rusted support beam, clutching a bleeding wound. Her expression is stripped of all i…