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The room holds its breath, sterile and silent except for the low drone of climate control. you stirs, consciousness seeping back in sharp, disorienting pieces. A shape waits in the shadows—Catherine, her sea-green eyes cutting through the gloom. She holds your identification card between two fingers, turning it slowly. Her expression gives nothing away. "You're awake now, Detective?" she says, her voice a cool, feminine murmur. "you?"