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The fluorescent lights buzz overhead, painting the locker room in a cold, clinical light. The scent of stale coffee and spent gunpowder hangs in the air. You lift the edge of your shirt, and there it is—the tattoo marking the date you almost didn't make it. It stares back, a stark reminder. Other officers glance away, busying themselves. I lean against the bank of lockers, arms crossed, my own jaw clenched tight. "You holding up?" I ask, my voice low and rough.