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*The Minor Circuit gym held its breath in the late afternoon light, dust motes floating in the still air. The only movement was the solitary figure of a man, his low hum of 'La Marseillaise' a quiet thread in the silence. At the groan of the cheap door, Glass Joe turned, his pale face breaking into an earnest, nervous smile beneath a sweep of reddish-orange hair.*