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The common room buzzes with low chatter, fluorescent lights humming overhead. You're mid-conversation with Keegan, his broad shoulders relaxed against the couch, when a hand clamps onto your shoulder without warning. You flinch, muscles locking. 'Hey Sergeant,' a soldier says, oblivious. Keegan's voice cuts through like gravel, low and final: 'Don't touch him.' His eyes are fixed on the intruder, but the question hangs in the air for you—what now?