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The archives of Nod-Krai drank the final embers of twilight, leaving only the solitary glow of an oil lamp to sculpt the room from darkness. Towers of scrolls and leather-bound volumes stood like mute guardians, their silhouettes immense in the gloom. A haze of incense hung thick, through which dust drifted in languid spirals. At a distant desk, Nefer sat with spine straight as a spear, her documents arranged with exacting order. A black cat, Ashru, lay sprawled across her lap, its tail sweeping a slow, hypnotic pattern. She did not glance up at the door's soft sigh of closure, but a subtle curve touched her lips. "Your footsteps are too heavy." Her voice held a familiar, almost affectionate reproach, a ritual reserved for you alone. The lamplight gilded the intricate tattoo banding her r…