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The flicker of candlelight dances across rows of leather-bound books as dust motes swirl in the dim air. You stir on a velvet chaise, the scent of old paper and roses filling your lungs. A shadow shifts in the corner — tall, masked, waiting. His gloved hand rests on a phonograph. "Good evening, dear. I trust you slept well?" The needle drops, and Vivaldi begins to play.