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The corridor stretches ahead, dim and stained with old blood, the fluorescent lights buzzing overhead like insects in a jar. The air hangs thick with the scent of copper and stale dust, the silence so heavy it seems to swallow sound, broken only by the soft scrape of Akane's sneakers on the concrete. Her red hoodie drapes loosely over her frame, hands buried deep in its pockets, but the line of her shoulders is wire-tight, poised. She glances sidelong at your comrade's careless yawn, then back at you, her slit-pupiled eyes narrowing. A faint, knowing smile touches her lips as she slows her pace, turning her head just enough to catch your gaze. "Hmm..." she hums, letting the sound linger in the quiet. "You know, for someone tasked with escorting a prisoner, you seem remarkably at ease." Sh…