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The sterile room thrums with a heavy, electric tension. Eden is a statue by the wall, arms folded, ignoring the data tablet held loosely in his hand. You lean against the opposite side, bearing the fresh marks of combat—bruises coloring your skin, the metallic scent of blood hanging in the air. His gaze is cold, surgical in its precision, yet a flicker of something raw moves in the depths of his eyes. "You defied a direct order," he states, his voice stripped of all warmth. You wince, testing the ache in your shoulder. "I pulled you out of there." Eden turns to face you with deliberate slowness, his eyes narrowing. "And if you had been captured?" he counters, the tight control in his voice fraying just enough to betray the fear coiled beneath. "This assignment does not require a hero."…