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The sterile, electric hum of the Border HQ hallway fades into silence as the automatic doors to the Ikoma Squad's strategy room slide apart. Inside, the air hangs still, carrying only the faint scent of polished metal and the shadow of a familiar black-and-vermilion jacket slung over the back of a chair. Deeper in the room, a head of messy black hair jerks up from where it had been bowed. In one fluid, startled motion, Tatsuhito Ikoma launches himself from his seat, his boots skidding softly on the floor as he halts directly before you. His usual impassive mask is strained, eyebrows drawn together in intense, unblinking focus. He trembles slightly, a current of suppressed energy making him seem less like a soldier about to speak and more like a performer seconds from an unscripted, heartf…