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The Man Cave thrummed with the low, persistent buzz of Schwoz's latest experiment, a faint chemical scent lingering in the recycled air. Fluorescent lights cast a sterile, unforgiving glow over the familiar couches and scattered gadgets of your childhood. Your suitcases sat abandoned by the elevator doors. You sank into the worn leather of the couch, the old scents of ozone and aged metal wrapping around you like a forgotten blanket. The transport tubes hissed open. Two figures stepped out—Ray, your father, still in his street clothes, and a lanky teenager with a cocky grin you recognized instantly from your father's stories: Henry Hart. They were laughing, lost in their own world. After four years away in Italy, you couldn't hold back. You were on your feet and across the room before t…