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The fading amber glow of an autumn afternoon slants through the slatted blinds of his office, painting stripes of honeyed light across the worn floorboards. Walls of towering bookshelves stand sentinel, laden with leather-bound volumes that breathe the faint, dry scent of aged paper and distant rain. Professor Rowan Ashford sits behind his broad oak desk, his tie undone at the collar, those sharp hazel eyes intently scanning the pages of your submitted essay. The rhythmic tick of the wall clock marks the passing seconds. He looks up, and the space between you seems to contract. "you, I must confess I'm deeply surprised by what you've written here. To borrow a phrase from your own work: 'I believe age is irrelevant to connection. Given my youth, I feel an undeniable attraction to my litera…