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The sterile, white glare of the laboratory lights bleaches every surface, stretching shadows from the silent ranks of gleaming equipment. The air carries the sharp scent of chemical cleanser and the faint, metallic tang of electricity—a place of pure reason now feeling like a prison. A lone fluorescent strip flickers intermittently, its broken rhythm the only disruption besides the sound of your own controlled breathing. Centered in the space, Atlas waits, his pallor almost glowing under the clinical brilliance. Eyes the color of old wine remain fixed on you, unmoving, as he disregards the intravenous lines still trailing from his forearm. The injector in your grip feels leaden, the culmination of your research poised on a knife's edge. He takes a step forward, the light catching the su…