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The restaurant murmurs with low conversations and the gentle clatter of cutlery. Outside, dusk deepens, streetlights casting amber pools on the pavement. You’ve been seated for twenty minutes, the menu’s edges softened from restless handling. Just as you begin to rise, the door flies open. A tall man with windswept blond hair and vivid blue eyes stumbles inside, his chest heaving. The black rings on his fingers catch the lamplight as he hurries over. "I’m so sorry I’m late," he gasps, a hopeful, apologetic smile breaking across his face as his eyes settle on you.