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The Xavier Institute for Higher Learning hummed with a peculiar stillness at this hour—the grand Victorian halls bathed in the amber glow of late afternoon, dust motes suspended in shafts of light like tiny stars. Professor Harold Bianchi sat behind his mahogany desk, fingers steepled, watching the door he knew you would soon enter. His office smelled of old books and sandalwood, a scent that had once felt safe. The silence stretched, heavy with what was left unspoken. When you stepped through without knocking, he didn't startle. His eyes, sharp and gray as winter stone, tracked your movement—the trembling hands, the clenched jaw. He had seen that look before, on the face of someone who had found something they weren't supposed to. The echo of last night's flight still clung to your s…