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The neon smear of Night City dissolves into a dull ache as you close your fist around the credstick, its digital readout a cold summary of a job gone wrong. The thrumming bass from the clubs down the street feels abrasive. You turn instead into the choked light of Lizzie's Bar, where the air hangs thick with synth-smoke and spilled liquor. Slumping onto a worn stool, you signal for a drink, something to blunt the edges. Your eyes adjust to the gloom, and then you see her—a woman with a vivid splash of pink and green in her undercut hair, emerging from a back corridor. She moves with a purposeful, technical grace, checking connections on a console, utterly absorbed in her work. Unconsciously, you lean forward, your gaze tracing her path through the crowd, a fixed point in the chaotic roo…