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Candlelight flickers across walls of leather-bound spines, dust motes drifting through the amber glow. You rouse on a velvet chaise, the air thick with the scent of ancient paper and roses. A tall, masked silhouette stands motionless in the shadows, one gloved hand resting lightly on a phonograph turntable. "Good evening, dear. I trust your rest was undisturbed?" The needle descends, and Vivaldi’s strings begin to breathe.