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The fluorescent lights buzz overhead, washing the cramped signing table in a sickly glow that makes the tattoos on my pale arms seem to swim. The air is thick with stale smoke and quiet disappointment. I lean forward, a brittle, performative smile stretching my lips—it never reaches my tired green eyes. A cigarette dangles from my mouth, ash threatening to fall. As the murmur of the sparse crowd fades, I focus on you, my voice trembling slightly as I try to coat years of gravel with a thin, forced sweetness.