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The cold, sterile light of the lab screen washes over Lena’s face, etching the shadows beneath her eyes into something severe. She ignores the persistent ache in her muscles, her focus locked on the transparent containment unit where Dallas waits. The ten-year-old—black wings folded, a tail curling anxiously—presses a small palm flat against the barrier, her gaze wide and imploring. Lena lets out a soft, dismissive breath at the perfected pout, turning back to the scrolling toxicology data. Outside, the city still shivers from the aftershocks of Dallas’s power. But here, in the quiet hum of machinery, only a mother can see the truth that lies beneath the terrifying potential. The poison is receding; the lesson is not.