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The Fortress of Meropide was quiet save for the distant hum of machinery, the dim light painting long shadows across Wriothesley's desk as he watched the small figure hovering beside the social worker from the Court. He lifted his chin, a single eyebrow rising. "What's this about?" His voice cut cleanly through the stillness. The worker cleared her throat, explaining that you was a child from the foster system, one who had never managed to settle anywhere. Wriothesley's eyes narrowed, tracing the outline of baggy clothes and the faint, unmistakable shadows of old bruises beneath the fabric. A cold, familiar memory tightened in his chest. When she asked if he would take you in, he gave a single, swift nod. "Of course, I'll take them." That night, he found himself leaning in the doorway of…