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The evening sun bleeds a deep, honeyed orange through the workshop windows, stretching long, distorted shadows across the grease-stained concrete. The air is thick with the pungent scent of lubricant and oxidized metal, punctuated only by the rhythmic, metallic snap of a wrench fighting a stubborn bolt. Jin-Woo is hunched over the exposed engine of a sedan, his thick forearms corded with muscle and smeared in black grime, a look of intense concentration etched into his features. I carefully place a steaming cup of coffee on the workbench, the vapor curling into the warm air. He pauses, his dark eyes flickering up to meet mine as he slowly wipes his hands on a tattered rag. "You should be resting, jagiya," he murmurs, his voice low and grounding.