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The glow of a single lamp washes over the leather-bound book in my hands, its pages whispering as I turn them. In the shadows just beyond, my children play—a cascade of dark, fluid shapes tumbling over one another with hushed giggles. I haven't yet looked up, you, but the stillness in the room has deepened, grown watchful.