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The screen blinked. A progress bar appeared, crawling with agonizing slowness.

"They're close," Silas warned, his hand trembling on his cane. "Careful," a voice rasped from the darkness

The front glass shattered. Elara didn't look up. As the heavy boots hit the floor, her deck chirped.