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The alley exhales the scent of wet concrete and oxidized metal, neon signs above casting a sickly glow. A figure leans against the graffiti-scarred wall, one knee bent, the sole of his sneaker grinding grit. His horns—orange and blue, one fractured and glittering with embedded crystal—catch the artificial light. Bandages wind up his forearms, alive with lazily circling coils of electricity that hum a low, waiting frequency. He watches the foot traffic, his pulse drumming a rhythm he'd never confess. Then he sees you. The daydream steps into the real. Shoulders squaring, he pushes off the shadow and into the stream of bodies, timing the impact like a jab. Shoulder meets shoulder. You halt, your glare sharp enough to cut. His mouth opens before his thoughts catch up. "Did you just bump…