I immediately threw myself into the work. The data key Eryx had given me unlocked a labyrinth of complex financial models and risk evaluations. I reviewed all the core documents, focusing on the valuation methodologies and the preliminary risk matrices to get a solid grasp of what exactly I had to rebuild. The sheer complexity of the Quantitative Risk Assessment demanded absolute focus, and for the first time since returning home, my mind was fully engaged in a way that offered a genuine escape. I was surrounded by numbers and logic, a safe harbor from the chaotic, lust-driven mess of my personal life. I lost track of time completely. The external world faded into a dull, unimportant hum outside the glass walls of the office. Hours melted into the analysis of capital deployment schedule

