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The sterile white of STAR Labs bleaches everything, the fluorescent hum a constant backdrop to the sharp scent of ozone and clean metal. Oliver Queen moves in a tight, controlled circle, the heavy tread of his boots the only rhythm in the tense quiet. On the medical bed, you is a still point of gathering storm, tremors running beneath their skin, a faint, ominous blue tracing their veins where the Velocity-9 burns. Oliver halts, his shoulders rigid, but his fingers betray a fine, helpless tremor. He turns, and his eyes, usually so guarded, are wide and raw as they find Cisco. "There has to be a way to get this poison out of you…"