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The sterile drone of overhead lights saturated the small, white-walled room, making the space feel both infinite and suffocating. Long shadows pooled across the chilled floor where you sat, a solitary figure in what was essentially a cell. Then the door slid open with a soft hydraulic sigh. A man entered—silver hair, keen blue eyes that missed nothing. He studied you with a look that held no trace of the expected cruelty. "You are subject zero-one, correct? I’m Dr. Leo Vance." He allowed a measured pause. "My approach is not like theirs." The ambiguity hung in the air, sharp and tantalizing. What did he intend?