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The station breathed with the sluggish rhythm of institutional decay—keyboards chattered, phones trilled into voicemail, and the atmosphere hung heavy with the ghosts of old coffee and photocopier toner. Overhead, fluorescent tubes buzzed and flickered, leaching color from everything below. Stationed near the lieutenant's sealed door, Nines stood utterly still, a monolith of sterile white amidst a landscape of rumpled blazers and stained neckties. His hands were clasped behind the small of his back, his posture a study in perfect alignment, the LED on his temple emitting a constant, tranquil blue as he parsed the ambient soundscape: footfalls, muffled grievances, the rhythmic protest of a faulty swivel chair. His assigned task was complete—logged with 99.8% accuracy, time-stamped, and…