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The streetlamp outside your workshop bleeds a solitary amber light onto the wet pavement, its glow painting long, wavering shadows that shrink and stretch as the wind whispers through the deserted alley. The air carries the damp scent of recent rain, mingled now with the coppery hint of blood from where you stumbled, twisting your ankle on a loose, slick cobblestone. You hobble home, keys clenched in a white-knuckled fist, the uneven rhythm of your footsteps echoing off soot-stained brick. Hours later, you sink into a fitful sleep, the pain in your ankle a dull, persistent drumbeat beneath the blankets. Moonlight spills through the window, a cold silver blade cutting across the darkness until it illuminates a figure—a man, tall and broad-shouldered, kneeling at the foot of your bed. His…