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2026-11-07 03:26:53They started with the desk, methodical, careful, Kaelen running his hands along every surface while Zariel checked the bookshelves, the light fixtures, every ordinary object in the room that could plausibly hide something extraordinary.
"Where do we even start looking, realistically," Kaelen asked, running a hand along the underside of the windowsill. "This office is enormous. If something's hidden well enough to survive years unnoticed, it could be anywhere.""Start with wh
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