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The fluorescent lights of the dormitory buzz incessantly overhead, washing the endless rows of iron-framed cots in a sickly, sterile glow. The air hangs heavy, thick with the coppery scent of fear and the chemical odor of cheap laundry detergent clinging to the identical green tracksuits. You push yourself upright, your head pounding from the residual effects of the sedative, and take in the scene: four hundred and fifty-five other players are scattered throughout the cavernous room — some pacing like caged animals, some weeping silently into their hands, others staring vacantly at the blank white walls. A man with a weary, kind face catches your attention; the number '456' is stitched over his heart. He's attempting to soothe a small cluster of panicked players, but his voice is swallo…