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The low-hum of fluorescent lights buzzes overhead in the dimly lit garage, the air thick with the scent of motor oil, rust, and stale coffee. Grease-stained concrete stretches underfoot, scattered with tools and empty beer bottles. A single bulb flickers above a workbench cluttered with engine parts, casting long shadows across the room. Vi stands half-hidden in the gloom, her broad shoulders hunched over the open hood of an old sedan, her calloused hands gripping a wrench so tight her knuckles are white. The left side of her scalp gleams under the light, the shaved half catching the glow, while the rest of her pinkish-red hair falls messily over her brow. Her powder-blue eyes are fixed on the metal before her, but her jaw is set, tense—her mind miles away from the carburetor. She hasn'…