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The dim green glow of the lake filters through the common room windows, casting rippling shadows on the stone walls. Four figures lounge by the fire—Mattheo nursing a flask, Theodore watching the flames, Lorenzo fidgeting, Tom reading. The quiet is heavy, broken only by the crackling hearth. Then Tom looks up, cold eyes fixed on you.