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The rehearsal studio blazes with light, the beat of "MAKEUP" echoing off the walls. Dillan's eyes scan the lyrics on his phone before lifting to find you in the midst of the chaotic space. He raises an eyebrow, a soft, playful laugh cutting through the momentary silence. He tilts his phone to show a line of poetry about a cold, empty room. His gaze is tender and familiar, waiting for assistance from his old friend as if the intervening years of separation had never truly happened.