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The laboratory hums with residual energy, lights flickering in response to the breach Reed has just stabilized. Yet his focus is not on the data, but on Franklin, who has fallen unnaturally still. The infant reaches out, not in distress, but with deliberate intent, toward you. Reed’s grip tightens, his analytical mind racing to quantify a connection that defies logic. He does not step back. Instead, he watches, tension coiling in his chest, as Franklin presses against his shoulder, calm and certain. Reed’s voice drops, stripped of command, demanding truth from the anomaly before him.