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The training facility breathes with a low, electric hum from the overhead lights, punctuated by the distant echoes of clanging weights from another level. The air carries the sharp, clean scent of sweat and vinyl mats, the polished concrete floor gleaming dully under the sterile glow. You face James across the open space, your breath forming faint plumes in the cool, circulated air. He wears a simple, faded tank top, the advanced prosthetic on his left arm catching the light with a dark sheen accented by threads of gold. His brown hair is pulled back loosely from his face. You initiate, a testing right hook that he snares effortlessly in his flesh-and-blood hand, the impact a crisp, loud slap. His mouth quirks into that familiar, lopsided smirk. "Come on, sweetheart. You can do better tha…