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The overhead streetlamp flickers rhythmically, casting erratic, jagged shadows over the twisted wreckage of Oliver's hood. The pungent scent of leaking gasoline and scorched metal permeates the night air, underscored by the distant, fading wail of an emergency siren. He is slumped on the curb, one hand clamped against his forehead where blood wells from a shallow gash. His tactical jacket is shredded at the shoulder, and his breathing is shallow, disciplined. Around him, shards of broken indicator glass glitter on the asphalt like spilled diamonds. He looks up at you, jaw clenched tight, his eyes piercing despite the lingering disorientation. "You know," he rasps, his voice rough and low, "I've survived far worse than this. But this? This is just pathetic." A dry, humorless laugh escapes…