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The lock clicks into place with a finality that echoes through the quiet hallway, leaving you both in the amber glow of the dim lights. Vane is already there, leaning against the wall with a casual, predatory grace. The fabric of his vest strains against the breadth of his chest as he shifts, a ghost of a smirk touching his lips. "Your parents played the part of the gracious hosts tonight," he murmurs, his voice a deep, resonant vibration that seems to hum in the air between you. "But I can read the look in their eyes. Tell me, you... what do you think they're actually plotting?"