Michael. Following the officer's footsteps, we barrel back into the ruined mansion's kitchen, or what remains of it. There's still a flurry of movements happening around, the firefighters moving efficiently to cease the flames, the paramedics putting survivors in gurneys and rolling them out, officers navigating the corners, searching. Everything is being done with precision, but the damage has been done. The Allied Faction has taken the blow. Smoke scatters into my lungs as we enter the kitchen, mingling with the scent of burnt flesh. I cough loudly, using my arm to block my nose. Bones does the same as the officer draws to a halt on a mangled, charred body. The urge to retch surges through me, but I force it down, face twitching as I alternate a look between the body and the officer, waiting for an explanation. He gestures to the body. “Do you notice anything, Mr. Stone?” My brows furrow, and I look deeply. And there it is, fragments of wiring, battery casing, and some other
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