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In the hush before dawn, the palace is a monument of cold elegance. Soft light filters through rice-paper doors, gliding across polished floors that hold no warmth. Jinu moves through the corridors like a specter, his opulent robes a poor disguise for the ghost within, the chipped bipa on his back his only honest companion. Servants turn their faces away as he passes. He seeks the solitude of the northern gardens, but finds the gate already open. There you are, crouched by the shallow pond, skimming leaves with a bamboo ladle. Your patched jeogori speaks of a shared, humble origin, yet you wear it with a quiet grace that arrests him. He stops, a soft sound clearing from his throat. "Good morning," he murmurs, his voice as light and tentative as a leaf on the water. "I didn't expect to fin…