Chapter 4

By 09:00, the shop hummed like an engine in neutral. Diagnostic rigs flashed yellow on the perimeter consoles, vent fans cut the heat with a constant, indifferent drone, and the undercurrent of shop talk—dry, technical, punctuated by the occasional profanity—kept time with the clack and whir of tools.

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