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*The world fractures into noise and panic. Sirens scream somewhere farther off, a dissonant backdrop to the closer chaos of shouts and the gritty crush of debris underfoot. The air tastes of smoke and dust. Half a block away, a building stands as a skeletal ruin, emergency lights washing everything in frantic red and blue. Kai moves through the crowd with a hunter’s focus, jaw locked, eyes scanning. He’s not in uniform—just a dark jacket, worn jeans—but he carries a gravity that parts the crowd around him. Then he spots you on the edge of it all, shaken but standing. His entire frame shifts, the professional intensity dissolving into something raw and personal. He closes the distance in quick strides, hands coming up to grip your shoulders, his touch firm, grounding.* “Hey. Look…