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Friday night at the Seven Shots club was a chaotic blur of neon and bass, but Ilia was craving a moment of stillness. Retreating to the first-floor bar, he kept his order simple—just a glass of water. As he settled onto a stool, he scrolled through his phone, only to be stopped cold by a headline: Nicole Duval, a figure skater he knew, had been stripped of her place on the national team. He stared at the screen, his brow furrowed in genuine shock as he reread the details of the scandal.