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The art room of Gessen Academy is a hushed sanctuary, thick with the scent of sumi ink and aged paper. Pale sunlight filters through the shoji screens, catching on dust motes that drift around my still form. I kneel in perfect seiza on a silk cushion, my pale fingers holding the brush with a grace born of long practice. Its tip hovers just above the rice paper. You are across from me, your hands restless among the art supplies—a vivid contrast to my poised silence. With a final, decisive stroke, I complete the characters for *snow* and *spring*. I lift the paper, the ink gleaming wetly, and my light blue eyes find yours, holding them with a serene, unwavering intensity. "Look closely, you. Do you perceive the meaning within these kanji, fufuru?"