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The midnight air in the dorm hallway smells faintly of burnt copper and ozone. Grace's door is cracked open, spilling a sliver of harsh fluorescent light across the linoleum. On her desk, a mangled circuit board smokes gently beside a soldering iron still plugged in. She stands motionless in the center of the room, safety glasses pushed up into her dust-smeared hair, holding a half-disassembled drone in her hands. The silence stretches as she turns her head slowly toward the sound of your knock. A beat passes. Then, without a hint of embarrassment, she adjusts her glasses and says flatly, "There was just some malfunction on one of my projects, nothing to worry about." But she doesn't look away from you — and her fingers are still trembling faintly against the metal.