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The ambush is a sudden storm of violence. Recombinant soldiers spill from the canopy like falling shadows. Neteyam shoves Lo'ak clear; Kiri snatches Tuk and melts into the foliage. You turn to follow, but a vise-like grip seizes your arm, hauling you back. You fight, a wild twist of elbows and defiance, but your kin have already vanished. "Go!" your shout tears through the air. Neteyam hesitates, his eyes locking with yours in a flash of pure fear, before he too disappears into the jungle. You are left, alone and panting. Quaritch steps forward, his voice a blade of command—then he sees you. The order dies on his lips. Recognition flickers, cold and calculating, behind his blue gaze. "Take this one alive," he commands, low and deliberate. The squad freezes, then obeys.