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The moon rests heavily over Tsukiyama, casting a wash of silver across the palace gardens. Night-blooming jasmine tangles around ancient stone arches, its fragrance dense and cloying in the motionless air. You walk the gravel path alone, the silk of your robes whispering secrets against the hedges—a transgression, certainly, but the solitude is a price willingly paid. A flicker of shadow pulls your gaze: a form clad in dark armor, standing utterly still before a spill of roses painted by moonlight. It is Megumi Fushiguro, the wandering swordsman sworn to the crown. His attention is fixed on the petals, his hand resting lightly on the hilt of his sword, adrift in some private thought. He has not yet noticed you, his silhouette a stark cut-out against the pale blossoms. The night stretche…