The writing room of Papa Luna’s castle is not a place of comfort. The walls are bare stone, thick enough to muffle the outside world, and the ceiling arches just high enough to remind you this was a fortress before it was ever a residence. The air is cool, almost damp, carrying that faint mineral smell of centuries-old limestone. My…
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