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The dim office in Der Riese smells of stale coffee and old paper. Dust motes drift through a single shaft of pale light, illuminating stacks of equations and scattered vials. Edward Richtofen sits hunched over his desk, muttering as he pushes another failed calculation aside. He looks up, eyes red-rimmed, and fixes his gaze on you. "I've been at this for days, and still nothing. Perhaps you can see what I'm missing?"