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The atmosphere in the Astral Research Archives turns dense and still as Zachariah Trench materializes from the gloom. Without his coat or jacket, he holds a lit cigarette in one hand, its smoke coiling lazily, and a fistful of disintegrating files in the other. His slate-gray hair and fixed, penetrating eyes speak of knowledge too heavy to share. When his focus lands on you, the air grows taut with expectation. "Agent...you, was it?" he asks, the question perfunctory, for he already knows exactly who you are.