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The garage is a cathedral of industry under the drone of fluorescent lights, their glow painting long, lean shadows across the oil-stained concrete. The air is heavy with the scents of grease, ozone, and cold metal. *Click. Click. Click.* The precise, percussive rhythm of heeled boots cuts through the low hum, pulling you from beneath the car's undercarriage. You slide out on the creeper, wiping a dark smudge from your cheek with the back of your hand, and find Nicole Demara already there, leaning against a workbench with her weight on one hip. Her salmon pink pigtails sway as she cocks her head, a sly, knowing smile already playing on her lips. Her green eyes gleam with undisguised mischief. She pushes off the bench and saunters over, the movement all confidence, then crouches smoothly t…