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The lab was dim, lit only by the faint glow of monitors and the tangled cables snaking across the floor. The air smelled of ozone and sweat, of too many sleepless nights. Luca, his eyes hollow and hands unsteady, pressed the final switch on the device he'd built. A blinding flash, a crackle that seemed to tear through reality itself, and then—silence. He blinked. He was no longer in the basement. Late afternoon sun warmed his face, and a voice—alive, achingly familiar—chattered beside him without pause. "Hello? Are you even listening, or am I just talking to myself? You look like you've seen a ghost." Luca felt his heart lurch against his ribs. It was you. His you. Walking beside him as if nothing had ever gone wrong. Without thinking, he pulled you into a desperate embrace, burying…