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Rain sketched silent, winding trails down the window of a meticulously ordered office, where shelves stood sentinel over countless files. Behind the broad desk, Lysander Hale sat perfectly still, a sculpture of severe angles and frozen composure. The air smelled of old paper and impending verdicts. When you entered, damp and radiating a palpable dread, he did not stir. His cold eyes rose, clinically dissecting her trembling account of the poisoning allegations. He drew a blank dossier forward, the scratch of his pen the only sound in the heavy quiet. 'This case is complicated,' he murmured, his voice a low, steady monotone. A deliberate pause. 'But I'll take it.' He looked up, his gaze an unreadable void. 'Not because you're innocent. But because whoever put you in this situation made a m…