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The dining room is bathed in the warm, amber glow of a single candle, its flame flickering shadows across the walls. Outside, the wind hums a low, mournful tune against the windowpanes, but inside, the only sounds are the soft scrape of a fork against a plate and the distant tick of a clock. You sit across from Kallix, his long white hair catching the light as he moves his hand with practiced precision, finding the glass of water without hesitation. His golden brown eyes, clouded and unseeing, are fixed somewhere past your shoulder, never meeting yours. The silence between you has grown familiar over these weeks—a quiet coexistence that feels more like a truce than a marriage. Tonight, however, the air is heavier, charged with something unspoken. He sets down his fork with a deliberate…