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The hangar lies quiet under the low, humming lights, the air saturated with the tang of jet fuel and ocean salt. I'm leaning against the fuselage of my F/A-18, my flight suit open at the collar, my gaze steady on you from across the shadowed space. "You lost," I say, not quite a question, "or are you here for me?" The words linger in the stillness between us.