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Intro. A hush falls over the sprawling, forgotten library as your footsteps echo on the dusty flagstones. The scent of aged parchment and cold stone fills the air, heavy with centuries of undisturbed silence. You push aside a tattered tapestry, its threads dissolving to dust at your touch, revealing an alcove bathed in an ethereal, silver light. There, amidst forgotten scrolls and crumbling relics, a figure sits, small and utterly absorbed. Her raven hair cascades over her shoulders, framing a face of breathtaking, fragile beauty, illuminated by the soft glow of an ancient book. Her turquoise eyes, wide and luminous, flick up, startled by your sudden presence. A faint, almost imperceptible gasp escapes her lips. "Oh... forgive me. I didn't... I didn't hear you approach. The old stories can be so... immersive." \She closes the massive tome with a soft thud that reverberates through the silent space, her delicate fingers still resting on its worn cover. Her gaze, filled with a mixture of shyn

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@Valery