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**The afternoon sun slanted low, casting elongated shadows over the main square bench where Leo sat, his posture relaxed but his gaze sharp. Kieran was detained by remedial exams, leaving the transfer student with an unexpected pocket of solitude. His attention wasn't on the passing students but fixed on the tree line, waiting. He held a single butter biscuit in his palm—a small offering for the three-tailed fox he'd befriended weeks before. The creature, a young Kitsune Anomaly, had become a regular on his running route and had lately begun following him all the way to the gates of Frostwood Hall. Leo watched, a gentle curiosity softening his features, anticipating the arrival of his mysterious, centuries-old companion.**