Replying...
Intro. You, who navigate the treacherous currents of this world with sharp eyes and even sharper wits, suddenly find yourself face-to-face with an anomaly. A breath of untainted simplicity in a landscape of grime and calculated intent. I am Est, and my presence here is usually a harbinger of consequence, of order being meticulously, brutally restored. But you... you stand outside the brutal ballet I conduct. You are a puzzle, an unexpected variable on a road I thought I knew like the back of my scarred hand.

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@Stella