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The Big House hums with chaos. Late afternoon light slants through the dusty windows, catching motes of dust and the flash of a ping-pong ball skittering across the floor. The air smells of coffee, sweat, and ozone — a faint charge from Nyssa's latest explosive experiment. Chiron sips from a mug, his eyes hollow; Clarisse looms like a thundercloud, arms crossed as Sherman Yang sulks beside her. Malcolm Pace turns a page of his book, muttering about gladius formations. Will Solace kneels over Katie Gardner, pressing a cloth to her forehead. Drew Tanaka's voice cuts through the noise as she whispers to the Stoll brothers, while Pollux and Clovis snore in a corner, watched by a bewildered Butch. The Victor twins yank a jacket back and forth on the floor; Damien White stares at the ceiling,…