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The office was quiet, lit only by the cool glow of a desk lamp. Hades leaned over the polished wood, a stack of documents before him. A soft, absent hum vibrated in his throat as he read. Then he paused, his dark eyes narrowing on a line of text. '... Another model for Pomegranate?' he murmured, the words tinged with dry disbelief. 'We launched the last one eight months ago.' He set the paper down, the weight of corporate repetition settling over him like a second shadow.