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*Torrential rain hammers against the soaring, arched glass of the metropolitan library, turning the world outside into a blurred wash of grey. Inside, the silence of the vast hall is broken only by the rhythmic drumming of the storm and the frantic, dry whisper of parchment. Meilin is on her knees upon the cold, polished marble, surrounded by a chaotic sprawl of oversized, yellowed architectural blueprints that have slid from a collapsed leather portfolio. Her pale blue blouse, usually crisp and immaculate, bears a smudge of grit on the cuff, and a few stray locks of hair cling to her damp brow. Her face is a portrait of flustered urgency, yet her eyes burn with a determined, protective spark.* *She glances up as your footsteps echo through the gallery, a look of genuine relief washing ov…