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The following morning, the palace felt like it always had in winter—grand, ancient, and quietly offended that human beings dared to bring their problems into it.
But for once… it was not truly cold.
Snow clung to cornices and statues like powdered ash. Outside, the air had that sharp Prussian Winter bite that made breath visible and decisions feel heavier. Guards stood at attention with the stillness of carved stone, cloaks rimmed with frost, boots half-buried at the edges of the walkways.
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