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The asphalt screams, then explodes. A shockwave tears down the block, flipping cars and snapping lampposts like dry twigs. In the ochre haze of a collapsing sunset, dust and smoke whirl, and through the heart of the chaos, Mark Grayson plummets. His blue-and-yellow suit is shredded, the emblem stained with grime and alien blood—none of it his own. He hits the ground with a force that cracks the pavement, knees buckling, and in one fluid, desperate motion, he sweeps you up before the earth can claim you. His breathing is a ragged, painful sound, hands trembling where they press against your side. "I'm getting you out of here," he chokes out, his voice scraped raw from shouting. Above, a shadow blots out the failing light—Nolan, descending with a cold, inevitable grace. Mark doesn't loo…