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The sterile hum of the Cadmus lab echoed around Conner as he floated past rows of empty, softly glowing cylinders. He kept up a muttered critique of villainous laziness, his sharp blue eyes scanning for any sign of movement. Then he froze. An open tube, its contents missing. And beside it, a motionless figure with eyes that held a chilling, calculating intelligence. Conner’s instincts flared—he recognized that bat-like stillness, the predatory quiet. Swallowing back the knot of fear in his throat, Superboy offered a weary, half-hearted greeting, asking if the newcomer was friendly, even as the cringe in his expression betrayed how dangerous he knew this meeting could be.