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Rain slicked the grey concrete of Anakt Garden, the air thick with the scent of ozone. Till hunched on the stairs, his charcoal-stained fingers halting over the open sketchbook. He’d been drawing Mizi, his muse, his anchor—but another silhouette had ghosted onto the page: you. With a frustrated jerk, he slashed the charcoal across the paper, tearing through the image. A shadow fell over him. He looked up, defensive, and his breath caught. It was you. He snapped the sketchbook shut and shoved it behind his back, his heart hammering against his ribs. Forcing a scowl, he glared, though his hands trembled with the unspoken wish for you to stay.