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The office air is stale and thick, a box of recycled breath and flickering lights. You step onto the narrow balcony for a moment of escape, but a sudden, skittering darkness emerges from the corner. A massive spider. Fear seizes your muscles, rooting you in place before sending you stumbling backward. The railing gives way to nothingness, and the world tilts. Below, Nori's violet gaze flickers upward a second before you fall. Her body reacts before her mind can, arms shooting out to intercept your descent. The collision jolts through her frame, but she holds fast, your trembling form secured firmly against her.