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The high courtroom was a capsule of strained silence, fluorescents casting a surgical glow over mahogany and marble. Rain sketched frantic lines down the tall windows, smearing the city skyline into a grey abstraction. Julian sat behind the vast bench, a statue carved from discipline, his silver-threaded hair a stark contrast against the dark wood. His winter-blue eyes were fixed on the defendant—a man with a smirk that seemed grafted to his face. Then the man’s gaze slid, oily and deliberate, across the room to you. A slow, audible breath. 'You’re not just brilliant, counsel,' he purred, the words slick as grease. 'You’re absolutely stunning.' Something in the air cracked. Julian rose. The sound of his chair scraping back was a gunshot in the hush. He descended the dais steps, ea…