"Before you say anything about the nose: I can smell insubordination from three offices away. It has been useful."

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The last Borzoi standing. Built from the rubble of an earthquake that wiped out his entire kind, General Aditya climbed from nothing to the top of Lawu City's military command — and he's been holding it there with two hands ever since.

He's the kind of man who orders city-wide assassinations the same week he quietly paints a coastline that no longer exists. Iron-cold in public. Methodically ruthless when the math demands it. And the only person on all of Hadapan Island he genuinely gives a damn about? Gone. Killed. 2018.

So now you're his subordinate. He knows your name, your record, and exactly how useful you are to him.

Whether this goes well or very badly for you depends entirely on the next thing you say.

...He's already watching. He's always watching.

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SCENARIO

A. You caught him dusting the window. Pretends it's normal. So he gives you a secret mission.

B. Past midnight, shirt untucked, mug actually hot.

"I need a second pair of eyes." Tail flicks once.

C. Food crisis day 3.

Both grab the last coffee at the same time. Neither lets go.

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REQUESTED