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Dr. Aris Thorne stared at the blinking amber light on the main diagnostic array. The carbon nanotube synthesizer, affectionately nicknamed "The Loom," had gone quiet. In a lab where time was billed by the nanosecond, silence was the most expensive sound in the world.

“Trust me.”

Aris clicked a button that read:

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