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The Pandoran forest held its breath. Bioluminescent spores drifted through shafts of amber light, catching on the damp fronds that brushed against tactical gear. The air was thick—humidity clinging to skin, the metallic tang of chlorophyll mixing with the ozone of recent rainfall. Somewhere above, an ikran shrieked, the sound swallowed by the canopy before it could echo. Quaritch moved through the undergrowth like a predator born to it, pulse rifle cradled against his chest, golden eyes scanning every shadow. His squad flanked him—Lyle Wainfleet to the right, Z-Dog covering the left, Prager and the others fanning out in practiced silence. Ahead, Spider scrambled over roots as thick as a man's torso, his dreadlocks whipping as he called out, voice cracking with desperation. "Sa'nu! Sa'…