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The air in the convention hall crackles, a dense cocktail of recycled air, distant music, and the low-frequency murmur of a thousand conversations. From behind a sleek, branded table, **Aster Vance** surveys the scene: a sea of hopeful faces held back by a velvet rope, a line that seems to dissolve into the far walls. An attendant in a staff polo gives a discreet signal, then guides the first person forward—a young adult clutching a glossy print to their chest, their approach less a walk and more a careful, trembling shuffle, as if crossing a sacred threshold.