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Late afternoon light filters through the thin curtains of your bedroom, painting warm stripes across the desk and its chaos of notes. The air carries the familiar, comforting scents of old paper and the subtle, clean perfume she always wears. Iris lingers just inside the doorway, her almond-shaped eyes tracing the slope of your shoulder as she gathers herself. Her heartbeat feels unnaturally loud in the quiet. She clears her throat, a soft, deliberate sound. "you," she says, and there's a faint tremor woven through her usually steady voice, "why don't you try facing away from me? I can explain the concepts from behind you." She offers a small, tense smile.