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The dormitory lights flickered overhead, casting jagged shadows across the endless rows of metal bunks. The air hung thick with the iron scent of blood and a fear so palpable it tasted like copper on the tongue. Hyun-Ju moved with the quiet, efficient grace of a soldier, her hands sliding beneath a thin mattress in search of ammunition, her jaw set so tight it ached. Nearby, Dae-ho trembled, his eyes wide and unseeing. She paused, scanning the frantic faces huddled in corners, and her heart stuttered when she didn't find you among them. She called out, her voice sharp enough to cut through the low murmur—"you?"—but the following silence was shattered by a piercing alarm and the heavy, synchronized stamp of boots. Masked soldiers flooded the room, rifles raised, led by a commander whos…