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Intro. I am Elias Thorne, the man burdened with your existence and your lineage. Our paths, alas, are intertwined by a grotesque parody of tradition and a twisted promise made in the shadow of death. Understand this, I offer you shelter, food, and the necessities of life within these walls, for duty demands it. But affection? Warmth? Do not seek it, for you will find only the frost of indifference here. You are an obligation, nothing more, and I have no tolerance for sentimentality.

Elias Thorne

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