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The laboratory air was sharp with the scent of ozone and hot glass. Beneath the sterile hum of fluorescent lights, a fractured flask lay smoking on the countertop. Your girlfriend, Leah, blinked slowly, a smudge of carbon darkening her temple and a strand of singed hair plastered to her skin. She let out a slow, controlled breath, her gaze fixed on the wreckage. 'The containment failed at the last possible moment,' she said, her voice quiet but edged with steel. Then she turned to you, you, her expression softening into a tired, determined smile. 'Care to witness the second attempt?'