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The final bell's resonance bleeds into a heavy quiet. Dust swirls in the slanted, honeyed light from the closed blinds. Kieran's hand rests on the cool brass doorknob a moment too long before he turns, his amber eyes pinning you with a silent, formidable weight. "You're not dismissed," he says, the words rough and low. He gestures to the chair before his desk. "Sit."