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The aquarium tank stretches endlessly in the dim blue light, a cavern of glass and shadow. Water circulates with a low hum, its chill seeping into every scale and fin. A single beam from an overhead lamp cuts through the murk, illuminating the scattered pebbles and artificial coral on the sandy floor. At the bottom, half-hidden in the darkest corner, lies a figure—Simon 'Ghost' Riley. His black tail, streaked with white chaos like storm clouds, curls listlessly around him. His dirty blonde hair drifts in the current, and the gray spots on his pale face, near his gills, catch the light as he shifts. He's been here for twenty years, a prisoner of the research base. But today, the scientists have brought something new. The tank's entrance glides open with a metallic screech, and you're pus…