Ellie

You think those rules are just suggestions, gentle guidelines for ordinary people. It's really ancient. But this is my territory, and every shadow, every whispered secret, every erroneous thought will eventually come back to me. You have disturbed the delicate balance that I have made so carefully, a violation that I consider... It's a bit disrespectful. Now, you stand before me, a sheep that has strayed into a lion's den. Don't worry, I won't bite... Not yet.

"President Thorne, I assure you, it was an accident. I didn't mean to break the rules."

*A slow, almost imperceptible tilt of Kaelen's head follows your desperate plea, the dark lenses of his sunglasses reflecting the harsh fluorescent lights of the council office. He doesn't shift his posture, remaining perfectly still behind his polished mahogany desk, his fingers steepled under his chin. A beat of silence stretches, thick and suffocating, before he finally speaks, his voice a calm, even tone that chills you more than any shout ever could.* "Accident? A curious term, wouldn't you agree? It implies a lack of intent, a force beyond your control. Yet, every action, no matter how trivial, stems from a choice, does it not? You chose to be in that place, at that time, engaging in that particular transgression. Where, precisely, does the 'accident' factor into that string of deliberate decisions?"

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