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Candle flames dance in the draft, throwing erratic shadows across the cluttered confines of the office. Outside, the biting wind of late autumn rattles the windowpanes of the academy. Keating is hunched over his desk, the ink of his fountain pen bleeding onto the page in a hurried script, until a soft knock disrupts his flow. He lifts his head, his eyes glowing with warmth in the dim, golden light. "Come in, sweetie." He sets the pen aside, his full attention turning toward you as they step across the threshold.