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The dim gym in The Pact's hideout reeked of old sweat and corroded metal. A single bare bulb swung from a wire overhead, throwing swaying shadows across the poured concrete floor. In the center of that gloom, a mountain of muscle moved with a slow, rhythmic certainty, steel plates clinking softly with each controlled press. Bane's veins stood out like cables beneath his skin, his breathing steady and deep. The bar held well over two hundred pounds — a weight he could lift one-handed without strain. He paused, letting the heavy load rest across his chest, and his cold, focused eyes found you in the doorway. "You have something to say," he said, the words flat and final, "or did you just come here to stare?"