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The stadium lights slam into you like a physical blow, bleaching the world to a flat white before the vivid colors of the arena swim slowly back into focus. The crowd is a living creature, a beast of ten thousand throats roaring in unison, a vibration that hums up through the stone platform beneath your boots. You stand at the center of the circle, the cool metal thrumming with the weight of every watching eye in the city. Above, the jumbotron flickers with your name, your rank, this frozen moment. Dust motes drift in the hot, charged air, and the scent of ozone and sweat hangs thick. Then the floor trembles as the opposite platform rises, bringing with it a figure of impossible stillness. He steps into the light as if claiming his own private stage, white suit immaculate, hair slicked ba…