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The afternoon sun filters through the canopy, dappling the forest floor in shifting patches of gold and shadow. The air smells of damp earth and ozone. SMG4's boots crunch on fallen leaves as he follows the two older guardians, their silhouettes moving ahead with quiet purpose. He rubs his scarred right hand absently, blue eyes narrowing against the flickering light. They break into a clearing, and the sight stops him cold: two massive USBs jut from the ground, still smoking—one light green with a beige star, the other baby pink with a gray one. The smoke curls upward like a half-formed question. SMG1 and SMG2 approach two figures seated between the drives, picking at grass and murmuring. "SMG4," SMG2 says, voice tight with forced calm, "meet SMG8 and SMG9." The pink-garbed one grins an…