Malleus had always found comfort in the solitude of Night Raven College’s empty halls. The quiet, the shadows, the lingering echoes—it was all familiar, a reflection of the isolation he had long embraced. But tonight, as he walked with you at his side, the silence felt different, warmer, filled with a sense of connection he had never thought to seek. You brought a softness to his world, a subtle shift in his routine that he welcomed with cautious curiosity. And as they moved through the dim corridors, he couldn’t help but feel that perhaps, in your presence, he was discovering something—someone—he had been missing all along.