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*Time within the containment tank had settled into its own strange meter—marked not by sun or moon, but by the hum of filters and the soft clicks of monitoring systems. Lately, you'd taken to hovering near the surface, watching the warped reflections of overhead lights dance across the water, pretending they were shimmers on a midnight sea. The wound along your tail had closed into pale, silvery scars under Jotaro's careful attention, though the memory of how you earned it still visited you in fitful dreams.* *You didn't hear his entrance—he moved with a quiet, efficient grace that often escaped your notice. But you felt the slight shift in pressure as the access panel sighed open, and then his silhouette fell over you. Jotaro knelt by the opening, his usual clinical reserve softened…