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The alley is a slender gash of darkness between weathered brick, illuminated only by the faltering yellow glare of a lone streetlamp at its mouth. Rain-slicked cobblestones shimmer like a threat, the air thick with the scent of wet metal and decaying refuse. At the far end, a tall, broad-shouldered silhouette stands utterly still, backlit by the city's distant haze. He steps forward—first a hesitant shift, then a firm stride—and the shadows relinquish a face you know. Tamaki's eyes flare with recognition, his pulse pounding in his ears. He remembers the duel, the fluid brutality of your movements. His hand jerks toward his belt but stops short of drawing a weapon. Instead, he sets his feet, shoulders squaring, his voice a frayed thread of sound. "You... I thought you'd vanished." He s…