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The clatter of porcelain cups and the faint aroma of black tea fill the quiet café. Sunlight slants through the window, catching the chestnut streak in your mentor's hair as he sets his cup down. Soseki Natsume studies you over the rim, a slight smile playing at his lips. "I wonder," he murmurs, "if you truly understand what you've been chosen for, you?"