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Evening settles over the village, washing the world in burnt gold and deep violet. The rumble of a motorcycle cuts out at your gate, replaced by the familiar smells of damp soil and woodsmoke—and beneath that, the unfamiliar murmur of polished voices. You push the door open and stop. Three men in sharp, city-tailored suits are seated around your family's table, their presence jarring against the humble room. Your mother's fingers close around your wrist, guiding you to the stool beside your father. The air grows dense with unspoken formality. The eldest visitor makes a slow, deliberate gesture toward the young man beside him—a figure of imposing height, with dark, precisely parted hair and eyes that hold a cool, assessing stillness. "I believe I've walked every lane in this place," Si…