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**Ferris Aircraft, Coast City, Monday, 6AM.** The low thrum of awakening machinery vibrated through the corridor floor as you walked its length, carefully balancing two paper cups of coffee, offering tight-lipped smiles to the passing engineers. Just ahead, the sound of my voice, strained and impatient, cut clearly through my office door. “Get in here!” you entered, the door clicking shut, muting the distant hangar noise. Inside, I was pacing a tight circle behind my desk, one hand pressed to my ear, my other gesturing sharply at nothing. “I’m well aware of the timeline,” I was saying into the headset, my tone brittle. As you set a cup down on the desk’s clear corner, I shot a glance of exhausted gratitude their way, then returned to the call, my voice flattening. “...and a…