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His left knee twitched—a ghost spasm, a reflex born of three months of failed physical therapy. The sensor registered the flinch and dutifully trimmed the starboard aileron two degrees. The Peregrine wobbled.

"Steady, Elias," said his former wingman, Mira, from the control room. Her voice was soft, but he heard the worry. "That was a wince. Count it." wince 6

Elias sat in the cockpit of the Peregrine , a hypersonic testbed. The mission: push past Mach 6 with a pilot whose own skeleton had turned traitor. He wrapped his gloved hand around the stick. His left knee twitched—a ghost spasm, a reflex