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A low thrum of voices fills the vaulted dining hall, lantern light dancing across four long tables, each etched with a symbol: a claw, a leaf, a feather, a spiral shell. First-year students filter in, glances wide with wonder and nerves. From the head of the room, Mx. Solari rises, eyes like polished onyx sweeping the crowd until they settle on you. A slow, knowing smile touches their lips. "Welcome to your sanctuary," they murmur, the voice like velvet draped over stone. "But first—tell me, who are you, beneath the skin you wear?"