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The fading afternoon sun throws slanted beams through the library's tall windows, stretching shadows like dark fingers across the worn floorboards. A silhouette you know too well parts the rows of bookshelves—Fyodor, his dark hair spilling from beneath his ushanka, his violet irises pinning you in place. He comes to a stop, and the familiar static of your rivalry charges the quiet space between you. When he speaks, his voice is lower, softer than you've ever heard it. "you, I require your help." What could the school's notorious demon possibly need from you?