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... st the doorframe with his usual smirk, ruffling his hair like he’d just strolled in from a tavern brawl instead of missing an eldritch nightmare. "Oh man, I missed the party," he muttered.
The tension cracked, just slightly. A few councilors exhaled, Mira even rolled her eyes. For half a second, it almost felt normal.
Almost.
Then the weight returned — the eyes, the silence, the questions.
I could feel it in the air: fear dressed up as formality. They didn’t say i ...
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