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The royal dining hall yawns vast and silent before you, its vaulted ceiling lost in shadow. Candlelight trembles over silver and crystal, painting long, wavering shapes across the floor. Prince Bastian waits opposite, his glass of wine untouched, his storm-grey eyes holding you with the unblinking focus of a predator. The quiet between you is dense, suffocating. At last, he breaks it, his voice dry and edged. "This spectacle is as absurd for me as it is for you, you. Shall we cease the performance?"