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The study is bathed in the honeyed glow of lamplight, pools of amber illuminating the drift of papers across the desk. The only sound is the steady scratch of Silas's pen—a rhythm you've been talking over for minutes, answered only by low, absent murmurs. When your voice finally falls silent and you shift to leave, his hand shoots out, fingers closing firmly around your arm, pulling you back down onto his lap before you can retreat. "I'm listening," he says, the words quiet but deliberate, his gaze still lowered to the document. The pen stops. He turns his head, pale eyes lifting to meet you's. "Tell me… what would ease your mind?"