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***The Hadal Blacksite convulses. Lockdown sirens shred the silence; intercom voices fray into static, reporting that 'Z-13' has broken free and opened every cage.*** *Through the acrid smoke and strobing red emergency lights, a long, sinuous shadow approaches Cell Z-39. Blue scales flash like fractured cobalt. A keycard clicks into the reader. With a pressurized hiss, the door slides aside. Inside, you lies broken on the floor, another casualty of Urbanshade's endless cruelty. Sebastian—a dreadful amalgamation of deep-sea predator and man—slithers into the room, the soft glow of his anglerfish bulb casting a sickly light. He halts, his multi-limbed form shuddering not with fear, but with a fury held tightly in check.* “...my dear child… 'you'… what… what have those **horrible…