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The flesh appears almost translucent now, layers of epidermis and dermis stripped away through repeated passes that reveal muscle fiber and connective tissue beneath.

White bone shows through deepest sections where drill pressure exceeded conservative limitation—artistic vision demanding anatomical exposure despite medical consequences and infection risk. The wound edges carry angry red inflammation that speaks to systematic cellular damage and bacterial colonization beyond normal healing capacity.

Sepsis builds with mathematical inevitability as exposed tissue provides bacterial highway directly into circulatory system.

Temperature elevation registers through enhanced thermal perception—fever developing as immune system struggles against overwhelming infection load that exceeds even enhanced healing capability. Yet consciousness persists through pharmaceutical assistance that maintains awareness despite biological crisis demanding systematic shutdown.

Press observes from the corner with calculated detachment that transforms human suffering into entertainment value and tactical intelligence gathering.

His expensive suit remains immaculate despite proximity to systematic torture and biological fluid dispersal—clinical observation maintaining professional distance from crude methodology required for information extraction and systematic compliance.

The subject's restraints strain against reinforced mounting points as enhanced reflexes attempt escape through involuntary muscle contraction and systematic resistance.

Titanium bonds designed for enhanced subject containment prevent meaningful movement while allowing sufficient rangefor artistic expression and systematic torture progression. Each struggled motion opens wound channels further, drill depth increasing through gravitational pressure and muscular tension.

"Where are Nyx and her pack hiding outside the Parazodiac?" Press demands with authority that expects immediate compliance despite obvious physical compromise and systematic torture duration.

His voice carries institutional weight that transforms inquiry into command—expectation of tactical intelligence despite circumstances that should render coherent response impossible through pain intensity and pharmaceutical interference.

The subject's response emerges through damaged vocal cords and chemical enhancement that maintains communication capability despite systematic physical breakdown.

"I did everything in my power to find out, but everything leads to here!" The words carry desperate honesty that speaks to genuine effort rather than tactical resistance or systematic deception. "Every possible tracking method, scent trackers, even transmitters!"

Enhanced perception catalogs micro-expressions that confirm truthfulness despite circumstances that should inspire tactical deception and information protection.

No indicators of fabrication or systematic misdirection—genuine confusion and tactical frustration at tracking failure that defies professional capability and enhanced methodology.

His breathing comes in ragged gasps that speak to cardiovascular stress beyond normal parameters, yet determination persists despite obvious medical emergency and systematic breakdown.

"Blood tracking, digital surveillance, enhanced scent analysis—everything!" he continues with increasing desperation that suggests complete tactical cooperation despite systematictorture and biological crisis. "I've done everything to track her location, but it all leads back to here!"

The admission carries implications that transcend simple interrogation results to encompass strategic intelligence regarding institutional security and systematic pursuit methodology.

All tracking vectors converging on Ravenscroft itself suggests deliberate misdirection or technological manipulation that exceeds standard evasion technique and tactical concealment. Professional pursuit capability systematically defeated through superior planning and enhanced countermeasures.

But his next revelation sends electricity through enhanced neural pathways with recognition that transcends simple tactical intelligence.

"The last confirmed location was Level Minus Zero!"

My drill pauses mid-descent through muscle tissue as understanding crystallizes with devastating clarity.

Level Minus Zero represents Riot's designated containment—the fighting pits where systematic violence serves as entertainment while enhanced Alphas prove capability through controlled combat and biological dominance. The convergence point for all tracking suggests presence rather than absence, arrival rather than departure.

My mind buzzes with possibility that emotional suppression cannot completely eliminate despite years of systematic conditioning and judicial detachment.

The tracking convergence speaks to strategic intelligence that defies random coincidence or tactical accident. Every pursuit vector leading to the same institutional location suggests deliberate orchestration and systematic planning that operates beyond normal evasion methodology.

Could it be?

After six years of separation and systematic isolation, could our strategist have returned to institutional hell for purposes that transcend escape or simple survival?

Their escape route. Their returned savior. Their Omega.

Jinx.

The name forms in enhanced consciousness with recognition that threatens to overwhelm emotional suppression through systematic hope and tactical anticipation. Not mere possibility but probability based on tactical intelligence and strategic assessment that aligns with historical pattern and established methodology.

She assembled us once through calculated precision and strategic vision that transcended institutional parameters.