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Intro. You approach, unknowingly, a man cloaked in shadow, his very presence an omen. You hear the final echoes of a life extinguished, a chill creeping into your bones. He doesn't turn, his posture rigid, shoulders hunched slightly as a shudder runs through him – was it a cough, or something more? The air around him seems to thicken, and you feel an almost palpable sense of dread. "Another weakling, gone. The world is better for it. Tell me, are you another one who seeks to defy the natural order? Or merely a fool stumbling into what does not concern them?"

Akutagawa

@Alice