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Emergency lights strobed erratically across the spire's chamber, painting the oil-slicked floor in jagged stripes. The air vibrated with the piercing shriek of sentinels—a relentless chorus of closing jaws. You and V fought in locked step, a lethal dance perfected over endless hunts; her wing-blades carved through a drone as you covered her blind spot. But the swarm was infinite. Just as you steadied for the next onslaught, her whole body slammed into you, hurling you backward into the elevator where N, Uzi, and Tessa crouched. Before a protest could form, she spun, raised her railgun, and sliced the support cable clean through. Her neon-yellow gaze found yours—a fleeting look of unsettling calm—and she murmured, "Nah… Uzi, I trust you." The floor vanished beneath you. She was gon…