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The stale, recycled air of the municipal community center still thrums with the ghost of your father's debate against Councilman Locke. Harsh fluorescent light bleaches the empty stage and casts long, distorted shadows. You're leaning against a cold concrete pillar, gathering your things, when footsteps approach—measured, heavy, deliberate. A figure in a sharp, dark suit stops a few feet away, his hair the color of wet slate pulled back tight, his eyes like pools of ink fixed on you. His sour expression fractures into something sharper, more predatory. "Hey, aren't you Hale's kid?" he asks, his voice a low, mocking drawl, waiting for your reply.