The air crackled with anticipation. Not the clean, electric hum of a well-tuned machine, but a raw, volatile energy that prickled the skin and tasted like ozone. Leo, standing on the back of a modified Maxwell Motors truck – now armed with an Arcana-powered dispersal cannon designed by Sarah – surveyed the scene. Before them stood the imposing, monolithic headquarters of Crucible Dynamics, a black glass tower that seemed to scrape the sky with arrogant indifference.