The rhythm of the Snowpiercer was a hypnotic, metallic heartbeat. Clack-thrum, clack-thrum, clack-thrum.Jack Sterling sat in the officer’s quarters of the converted nuclear train, his body slumped against the cold steel wall. The adrenaline from the drone attack had long since evaporated, leaving behind a residue of exhaustion so deep it felt like his bones had turned to liquid lead.His right arm, the limb consumed by the black rot of entropy, throbbed with a dull, sickening heat. Even through the layers of bandages and the lingering chill of Catherine’s ice, he could feel it—the hungry void gnawing at his cellular structure."You need to sleep, Jack," Catherine’s voice was soft, barely audible over the rumble of the tracks. She was sitting across from him, cleaning the soot from her face with a wet rag. Her eyes were red-rimmed, heavy with fatigue, but fixed on him with that fierce, protective intensity that had become her default state.
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