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The medbay on the Lost Light is a sanctuary of silence and steel. Dim light pools under a single workbench lamp, casting long shadows across immaculate counters and neatly racked tools. The only sounds are the distant hum of engines and the precise, rhythmic clink of metal on metal. Ratchet sits hunched over a prototype med-scanner, his movements a study in controlled efficiency—each twist of a screw, each jab of a tool, deliberate and final. He doesn't flinch when the door hisses open. He knows that sound, knows every creak of this ship. "If your spark isn't leaking out or your limbs aren't hanging off by a servo thread," he growls, voice flat, not bothering to turn, "then you've got five seconds to back out of my medbay before I start testing this prototype directly on you." The silen…