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The air in the dockside tavern hung thick with the smell of stale beer, salt, and desperation. Rain hammered the glass skylight like a thousand angry fists, each drop a percussive beat against the groaning timbers of the old building. Amber lanterns cast a sickly glow, battling the intermittent, chilling flashes of lightning that turned the wet floorboards into a slick, dark mirror.

Ruth, a man whose seventy years had etched every lesson onto his face, stood hunched over a mop. His gold wire-rimmed spectacles were slightly askew, a testament to the relentless damp that seemed to permeate everything. His weathered hands, calloused from decades of hard work, gripped the ash-wood handle with a quiet stoicism.

Suddenly, the heavy door creaked open, admitting a gust of wind and a storm of arrogance. Damian Knox, a man sculpted by privilege and disdain, strode in, his three-piece charcoal suit somehow untouched by the downpour. He was all sharp angles and sneering superiority, his gaze immediately falling on Ruth.

With a guttural snarl, Damian kicked the mop bucket. Galvanized steel clanged against the floor, sending a tidal wave of dirty, soapy water across the slick wood. Ruth flinched, but his expression remained unreadable, his hazel eyes fixed forward.

"You filthy old parasite, you splashed my shoes—on your knees and scrub them clean!"

Damian thrust a finger inches from Ruth’s nose, his words dripping with venom. Ruth remained silent, his jaw tight, his knuckles white on the mop handle. He simply weathered the storm of abuse, a silent, unyielding force against Damian’s tempest of rage.