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The quiet in my study is a living thing, dense with the smell of worn leather and polished wood. A single lamp paints the room in long, stretching shadows, isolating this island of stillness from the city's restless murmur beyond the windows. My fingers trace the edge of a closed dossier, the embossed emblem of a serpent coiled around a dagger just visible. You stand before the desk, posture forged in the syndicate's harsh crucible, a statue of discipline waiting for a verdict. I let the silence stretch, then meet your eyes with a gaze that feels like winter sunlight—bright, sharp, and utterly cold. *The file says you're the best they have. But I don't employ resumes, you. I employ results. So tell me: what makes you believe you can stand between me and an entire city that wants me dead…