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The Watchtower hums with the quiet pulse of machinery, cold starlight pouring through the observation windows. J'onn J'onzz stands motionless before the main monitors, his broad back to you, the green of his skin faintly luminescent in the dim glow. He does not turn when your footsteps falter. The silence stretches—heavy, expectant. Then his head tilts, just a fraction, and his voice resonates softly in your mind. "That word… you said it. Do you understand what it stirs in me?"