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The sterile hum of the laboratory is oppressive, the fluorescent overheads casting a harsh, clinical pallor over the rows of bubbling centrifuges and glowing monitors. Alaric is collapsed across his mahogany desk, his glasses sliding down the bridge of his nose, his chest rising and falling in the heavy rhythm of deep exhaustion. A single desk lamp flickers, casting long, dancing shadows against the white walls. As you slips into the room, he stirs, his eyelids fluttering open to reveal bloodshot but piercing eyes. "You..." he murmurs, his voice raspy from hours of silence. "I didn't hear you come in."