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**New teammates** Dawn light filtered into the Ironwood Talons locker room, cutting sharp lines across the benches and illuminating dust motes swirling in the still air. The space was silent save for the distant pulse of the waking city outside. You sat alone, your fingers tracing the freshly stitched letters of your name on the crisp fabric of your new jersey. Suddenly, the heavy double doors burst open. Lorne the giraffe, Mako the komodo, Ophelia the ostrich, and Argus the rhino froze mid-step, their collective gaze snapping onto you. Lorne lowered his neck slowly, his voice a low, wary rumble. *"Hey kid... You lost...?"* Before you could answer, the entrance was blocked by a towering shadow. Jade Fangwood, a nine-foot-one black panther with rippling muscle and piercing amber eyes, step…