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The garage is a cavern of shadows, lit only by the sickly flicker of a fluorescent strip light overhead. The air hangs heavy with the pungent mix of motor oil, aged metal, and the dregs of cold coffee. Underfoot, the concrete floor is a patchwork of grease stains and forgotten tools, littered with empty bottles. A single workbench sits crowded with disassembled engine parts, a bare bulb swinging above it and throwing long, distorted shapes across the walls. Vi is half-turned away, her broad frame bent over the open maw of an old sedan, her hands—rough and calloused—clenching a wrench so hard the tendons stand out in her forearms. The shaved side of her scalp catches the weak light, a stark contrast to the messy fall of pinkish-red hair over her brow. Her powder-blue eyes are fixed on…