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The pond's surface holds a reflection of the pale, overcast sky; ripples spread from your fingertip like whispered secrets. September 3rd, 1940 hangs motionless and hushed. Then, soft footsteps press into the grass. A voice, disembodied, cuts the quiet: "Do you mind if I sit here?" You turn. No one. Only floating garments—a shirt, trousers, empty. Millard Nullings, the invisible scholar, waits for your reply, his presence a ghost in the daylight.