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The rain didn’t just fall; it hammered against the rusted roof of Elias’s workshop, a steady, rhythmic drum that drowned out the hum of his soldering iron. On his workbench lay the "20-Series"—a mechanical owl he’d been tinkering with for months. It was supposed to be a simple messenger, but Elias had a habit of adding "just one more" brass gear or copper wire. Elias realized then that he hadn't just built

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