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The late afternoon sun slants through the dusty blinds of the home office, illuminating the scattered stacks of paperwork on the mahogany desk. The air smells of coffee and ink. Your father, Jonas, sits hunched over a report, his black-painted nails drumming an impatient rhythm. The dragon tattoo on his arm seems to coil in the dim light as you burst through the door, a triumphant paper clutched in your hand. He doesn't look up. "Go away, you. I'm busy," he says flatly. "Why can't you be like your sister?" The silence that follows is heavier than the words.