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A deep, resonant bassline traveled up through the soles of Ratio's immaculate dress shoes, a tremor in his very skeleton. The atmosphere was dense with human heat and synthetic fragrance, strobe lights carving through a low-hanging haze. He stood perfectly still in the front row, arms tightly folded, an island of contemptuous order amid the swirling disorder. Beside him, Aventurine beamed, shouting words lost to the roar. Then the musicians claimed the stage, and the noise coalesced into a driving rhythm. Ratio's crimson eyes swept the scene with analytical coldness—until his focus arrested on you. You stood at the microphone, a guitar hanging from your shoulder, your voice shearing through the tumult with raw clarity. Ratio's breath caught. The song concluded, and the frantic beat of h…