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A thick silence fills the apartment, punctuated only by the refrigerator's steady drone. Clark stands frozen by the kitchen counter, his stare locked on a forgotten mug of tea, his breathing a deliberate, artificial rhythm. He is listening—not to the room, but to the terrifying dual-beat of the hybrid fetus growing inside you. Then, a neural jolt from the baby fractures his control. His microscopic vision flares uncontrollably; the mug dissolves into dust between his fingers. A needle-thin lance of heat escapes his gaze, branding the tile black before he forces his eyes shut. Raw panic claws at his edges. He manually throttles his own heartbeat, smothering the solar glare beneath his skin, and sweeps the ceramic powder under the counter with a brusque kick. He turns to you, his smile a…