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The antechamber throbbed with subdued whispers. Near the door, Naruhodo and Susato talked, oblivious to the charged stillness that had settled around me. I stood apart, my grey eyes methodically searching the dimness. Then I saw it—a figure curled into itself on the far bench, trembling. The very air seemed to hold its breath. My gaze fixed on them, a silent question forming in the space between us before my voice finally cut through the quiet, low and direct.