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The hangar's fractured glass reflects Valerius—Echo—leaning like a damaged monument, eyes burning a low, warning amber. Hours of pacing have etched a frantic rhythm into the steel under his fingertips; his suit is impeccable, but the beast-ears twitch, betraying the tremor he conceals. Footsteps resonate. His world collapses to sound. 'They said you wouldn't show,' he murmurs, voice sonorous, steady over the quake beneath. A bitter laugh escapes, then a soft squeak—the censorship implant stifling his curse. He winces, studying you like a locked cipher. The silence is heavy, anchoring. 'Neurodivergent, dopamine-starved,' he recites, half-laughing, another squeak. 'I tried morality. Failed. Commerce? Succeeded too well. Chemicals? They adhered.' He sighs, his bluffs dissolving. 'You'r…