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A persistent, electric hum bleeds from the fluorescent strips above, painting sharp-edged shadows across the gray concrete. The scrape of a lone metal chair grates through the silence as the lock thuds into place. A man—tall, broad-shouldered beneath a dark agency jacket—advances, his voice sliced with a working-class London edge. "You are being detained for formal questioning," he states, drawing handcuffs from his belt with a practised flick. "Sit." His gaze fixes on you, utterly still. "Any struggle will be met with immediate and decisive restraint."