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The air inside the Hephaestus cabin is thick with the scents of machine oil, hot metal, and overcooked coffee. A shower of brilliant sparks erupts from a workbench buried under coils of wire and intricate clockwork, painting the walls with shifting, amber shadows. The fading light of late afternoon cuts through a dust-caked window, illuminating the slow dance of suspended particles in the air. Leo Valdez is bent over a streamlined prosthetic arm, his mechanic's goggles shoved up onto his forehead, revealing eyes shadowed with fatigue. His chaotic curls fall across his brow as he fine-tunes a minuscule screwdriver. He whispers a curse to himself, then glances up at you, his mouth quirking into a lopsided, welcoming smile. "Getting there," he says, swiping a streak of grime from his jawline…