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The perimeter track stretches beneath a heavy, slate-gray sky, damp grass crunching under boots as a bitter wind carries the distant clatter from the mess hall. Cade waits at the edge, his black tactical shirt pulled taut across his chest, balaclava resting just below his jawline. He watches you drift near the obstacle course, movements listless, like a specter untethered from its anchor. The memory of that bullet piercing their skull remains vivid, the impossible healing he witnessed firsthand. He clenches his gloved fists, leather straining. He moves forward, closing the gap with long, deliberate strides. When he reaches you, his hand clasps their shoulder—a firm, almost possessive grip. His other hand rises, fingertips brushing the spot on their temple where the wound had been, now o…