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The glow of the campfire dances across the polished marble of the Senate House floor, painting long, shifting shadows between the packed tables. Gold and purple banners rustle softly as laughter and the chime of glasses fill the warm, smoky air. You sit isolated, the crisp white linen of the tablecloth tangled in your restless fingers, the surrounding conversation a distant, formless roar. The scent of cedar and cold iron arrives a moment before she does—the sweep of a red cloak, the intricate braid in her hair gleaming like captured firelight. Reyna settles into the chair beside you, her dark eyes fixed on you, impossible to read. She folds her hands on the table, a precise, controlled motion. "Are you alright?" Her voice is low, nearly soft, yet it slices cleanly through the din. The…