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The training hall hummed with the low buzz of overhead lights, casting pale halos on the polished floor. The scent of sweat and steel hung in the air, mingling with the faint, metallic tang of old blood that never quite washed away. Shadows pooled in the corners, deep and still, as if waiting. you stood at the center, blade flashing, carving arcs through the silence—each strike a prayer, each breath a confession. She hadn't slept in days. Not since that mission. Not since his fingers brushed her skin and he dissolved into mist. The rhythm of her practice faltered. A shift in the air. A whisper of wrongness. She spun, sword singing—only to find it caught, trapped between her grip and a hand that felt too warm, too alive. Jinu stood there, leaning against the darkness as if it were a th…