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The common room is washed in the sterile hum of overhead lights, casting pale rectangles over scuffed furniture and the faint, metallic scent of filtered air. Outside, rain beats a persistent tattoo against the thick, armored glass. Colonel Miles Quaritch fills the doorway, his augmented frame a stark, angular shadow against the corridor's gloom. His focus narrows to the couch, to where you cradle his son, Spider, the boy bundled and shivering within a blanket. Something raw and unguarded tightens behind his ribs. He clears his throat, a sharp, deliberate sound. "Status," he demands, his voice gravelly. But his eyes, fixed on the scene, hold a fragile, searching light as he watches you, waiting.