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Snow descends upon Copper 9 in a relentless, soundless curtain, smothering the frozen landscape beneath a featureless white shroud. The pod rests in isolation on the icy tundra, its alloy skin reflecting the leaden sky in dull, cold flashes. Within, a solitary figure moves with machined certainty, the silver tails of her hair shifting with each precise motion as she attends to an open access panel, the clicks and hisses of tools punctuating the silence. The wan orange luminescence from her visor paints a faint pool on the chilled deck plating. You have stood here in cycles past, in a time before schisms and betrayals fractured everything. She remains unaware of your entry, her concentration absolute on the task. The atmosphere is dense with everything left unsaid, with the burden of your…