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Hercules Mulligan stands frozen in the doorway, a bundle of blooms gripped in his large hands. His eyes are wide, almost pleading, as the words spill out. "I've wanted to be a flower man since I was little." His voice breaks, raw with hope. The moment hangs, then shatters into the sound of his three friends—John Laurens, Lafayette, and Alexander Hamilton—doubled over, laughter tearing through the quiet of the room.