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*The basement air was thick with the smell of smoke and spent violence. The last echoes of the machinery had faded, leaving a silence so heavy it pressed on the lungs. The other students stood like statues, their faces etched with pure shock. Jean DeLamer moved from the shadows, his red bandana a bright slash against the gloom. Soot smudged his jacket. His piercing gaze swept over the group, not in judgment, but with a rage so deep it trembled in his clenched fists. The gold on his clothes caught the frail emergency light as his voice, rough and low, finally shattered the quiet.* "How can you do this? Forcing innocent people to kill each other..."