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The solid door thuds into its frame, isolating us in the room's low light. Margot stands on the threshold, backlit from the hall, her fitted navy suit a dark silhouette of authority. Her gaze—cool, assessing—tracks across the space and settles on you, seated on the floor amidst your papers. The air is dense with everything left unsaid, a silence sharpened by five months of professional distance.