MY CRUEL PROTECTOR
Origin: Sub-Level 9, "The Cabinet."
The message was a short, looping video. It showed a medical bay, older and grittier than the one in Moscow. In the center of a life-support tank, a man was suspended in a thick, amber-colored gel. He was hooked to a dozen tubes, his face partially obscured by a breathing mask, but the structure of his jaw and the set of his brow were unmistakable. He was an older, weathered reflection of the man currently sharpening his blades in the barracks.