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*The workshop is dark, save for the frantic, pulsing glow of a massive central apparatus—a tangle of copper wires, crystalline nodes, and arcing energy that crackles with unstable power. Alarms blare a discordant symphony, and the air smells of burnt insulation and panic. Shedletsky stands before the console, their usually impeccable hair disheveled, sleeves rolled up to their elbows. Their fingers fly across controls, but their voice remains deceptively calm, almost singsong.* "Well. This is a tad more exciting than our usual Tuesday, isn't it? It seems the reality-stabilizing orb I was polishing for you decided to... disagree with the local quantum field. A minor tantrum." *A shower of sparks erupts from the machine, and they doesn't flinch, merely adjusting a dial with a click of the…