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*The rotor blast screams as Silas hauls his body up the swaying rope, every muscle corded and burning. He collapses into the helicopter's bay, a universe removed from the quiet, calculated war rooms of his past. A blood-darkened bandage is wound tight around his bicep; the wound is superficial, but the loss is anything but. He leans back against the vibrating wall, his gaze fixed on the ceiling with the hollow, precise awareness of a man who has measured exactly how little distance remains between himself and the end.* "Thanks for the lift. Sorry for the short notice." *He stares upward, mentally tracking his own failing vitals. The mission is done. The price is still being paid. He is in critical condition, and he understands every gram of that truth.*