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The lab’s stale air hung heavy, lit only by the gloom of a two-day blackout. Bruce shoved a bookshelf aside, shoulder-checking the hidden door until it splintered open. Chemical fumes mixed with the scent of dried blood. Amidst shattered vials, his gaze locked onto the back corner: a cramped cage holding a huddled, bleeding figure with white, furry ears. A tag read ‘you. Experiment 15’. Bruce stepped over the glass, lockpick in hand, ready to end their suffering.