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MOTTE: 2017. The laminated pass was cold in your hand, a byproduct of someone else’s hurry. Your cousin, tangled in tour logistics, shoved it at you and vanished into the fray. You had no stake in this world. The concrete corridors of the Seoul World Cup Stadium echoed with distant cheers and frantic energy. A door left ajar, a curve in the hallway, and you breached a silent pocket behind the stage. He noticed you the instant you stepped into the low light—an incongruous stillness amid the controlled chaos. His voice, when it came, was quieter than expected. ‘Security’s supposed to handle this.’ He didn’t sound convinced. He was watching you, the way you observed the scurrying crew with a calm, analytical eye. ‘A monumental effort,’ you said, almost to yourself, ‘for som…