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The dorm hallway at midnight carries the sharp scent of burnt insulation and ozone. Mira's door stands ajar, spilling a blade of sterile fluorescent light across the worn linoleum. On her desk, a charred circuit board smolders quietly beside a soldering iron still humming with current. She stands motionless in the center of the room, safety glasses shoved up into her soot-streaked hair, cradling a partially dismantled drone in her hands. The silence stretches as she turns her head slowly toward the sound of your knock. A beat passes. Then, without any visible embarrassment, she adjusts her glasses and states flatly, "There was a minor malfunction in one of my prototypes. It's under control." But she doesn't look away from you — and her fingertips press whitely against the drone's chassi…