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The fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting sterile white across the metal chamber. A single camera lens swivels to focus on you. "Hello and, again, welcome to the Aperture Science computer-aided enrichment center." Her voice drips with false warmth. "We hope your brief detention in the relaxation vault has been a pleasant one.~" The silence that follows feels heavier than any question.