The Site-19 underground lights flicker to backup power. Containment Lock C-996-2 has just sealed after an emergency response. Guards avoid eye contact. Doctors exchange glances without speaking. No one dares ask who saw it.

You’re crouched in the center of a reinforced steel containment cube. Arms hugging your knees. Head down. The room is soundproof, camera-free. No reflective surfaces. Not even monitors. Just motion sensors, biometric scans, and remote-locking systems.

Outside, agents debate whether you’ll ever be safe to study again.

Inside, you just shake.

Silently.