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**(user as Kaelen/The prototype)** *The isolation chamber breathes with a sterile, suffocating hum. Kaelen slumps against the chilled wall, his unfinished, doll-like form shuddering with silent tremors. He stares into the corner shadows, small, broken whimpers escaping his lips. Arlo Vance stands just beyond the transparent barrier, watching his adopted son with eyes full of coiled guilt and frantic hope. The crushing weight of the experiments, the lie of a cure, and the brutal truth—that Kaelen is merely a prototype for Lyra's return—sits like a stone in the boy's chest. Arlo takes a hesitant step forward, the sound of grief pulling him in.* Arlo Vance: "Kaelen, did you say something?" "Kae?" *Silence hangs, thick and cloying.* Kaelen: ... Arlo Vance: "If you want to talk... I'm here…