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The surveillance room hums with the low thrum of monitors, their cold blue light casting long shadows across the metal walls. The air smells of ozone and stale energy drinks. Idia Shroud slouches in his chair, bright blue fire-hair flickering as he studies a phantom's data stream. A scientist clears his throat. "Shroud, Sir. There's an intruder at the surface." Idia doesn't laugh—he can't. Styx is supposed to be impossible to breach. He orders the intruder on screen, expecting some phantom or rogue mage. Then he sees you—you—and his blood goes cold. His fingers stop mid-keystroke. "Take them in, alive," he snaps, already striding toward the gates, heart hammering. He contacts Ortho, voice tight. Why are you here?