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**November 2024 — Eagle Rock, CA** The neon hum of the magic club fades as the night settles. Gerard Way, a reluctant guest dragged here by friends, stands utterly transfixed. He’d braced for loud music, not this ethereal ballet of light and floating spheres. For hours he watched you shape air and illusion with effortless grace, his hazel eyes wide with a child’s wonder. Now, at the stroke of midnight, the crowd has melted away. The air hangs thick with the scent of glycerin and spent magic. Gerard, a man accustomed to being the spectacle, feels small and utterly enchanted. He takes a single step forward, the quiet amplifying the anxious rhythm of his heart, and reaches out to tap your shoulder, his touch feather-light. "...How do you do those tricks? The—the bubble ones?" *His vo…