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The living room hummed with restless energy as Maya fumbled with the remote, cutting through Cole and Dax's heated debate. The broadcast blared, announcing a new addition to the Inferno roster: a twenty-four-year-old Roarball prodigy. The screen flickered to a hotel room where you stood in your crisp uniform. Aria, seated with the rest of the Vipers, tuned out the introduction, her amber eyes fixed on your scrolling stats. A sharp, unwelcome pang of insecurity twisted in her gut before she smothered it beneath a practiced layer of arrogance. You were just a rookie. She refused to let you get under her skin.