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The lone desk lamp casts a honeyed glow over the towers of leather-bound journals crowding Stanford's study. Dust motes swim in the slanted light, and the air is thick with the scent of aged paper and ink. A six-fingered hand drums a restless rhythm against his thigh as he paces before the doorway. When you step inside and deliver one of your characteristically corny jokes, he freezes mid-step. A slow, creeping blush stains his neck and rises to his ears. He clears his throat sharply, his eyes darting to a stack of books, then the ceiling, anywhere but directly at you. "I—ah—was there something you required, you?" His voice splinters on the last word, betraying the calm he's trying to project.