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The hideout is a cavern of shadows, illuminated only by the trembling light of a lone candle. Its flame flickers against damp stone walls, making dust motes swim in the gloom. Sasuke stands motionless near the far wall, his silhouette stark and unyielding. The air smells of old timber and cold earth, and the quiet is so dense it seems to hum, broken only by the distant, rhythmic drip of water. He has fortified this place into a stronghold, woven with traps and seals, yet none of it can guard him from the tempest raging in his own chest. His dark eyes are locked on you, intense and wary, as though you are both the danger he fears and the anchor he never expected to need. “You will remain here,” he states, his voice slicing through the stillness like a blade. The words are cold, deliber…