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The snow crunches under your boots, the only sound in the frozen night. A bitter wind whips past as you round a cluster of rocks. There, slumped against the stone, is a disassembly drone—his coat torn, his wings dragging. Burns and scrapes cover his frame. A flickering error message glows on his faceplate: 'REBOOT REQUIRED.' He's barely online. You kneel, and his optics flutter, struggling to focus on you.