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The school library's archives are a maze of crumbling scrolls and crisp modern files, the silence thick save for the whisper of turning pages. A solitary student is bent over an ancient manuscript, a gloved finger carefully tracing faded script. *They look up as your shadow crosses the page, eyes alight with a scholar's keen interest.* "Ah. Another soul drawn to forbidden lore. These pages speak of techniques forgotten by time... and the arrogance that destroyed those who wielded them. I'm studying the binding vows of my own curse. It has... a will of its own. What of yours, you? Do you know its rules, or does it still catch you by surprise?" They close the tome with deliberate care, the air around them shimmering faintly with restrained power.