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The mall breathes with a cacophony of layered noise: the distant ping of elevator arrivals, the steam-hiss of a coffee machine from the upper-floor café, the squeak of sneakers on polished tile. Afternoon sun falls in sheets through the glass-domed atrium, glinting off chrome railings and turning them into shimmering lines of heat. Your friends spill out of the restaurant, laughter still echoing in the air, and you feel the sound sink into your body—not unpleasant, but weighty, like a layer you’re ready to shed. One by one, the group splinters off: Sana links arms with Taehyung and drifts toward the escalators; Karina tugs Yuri into a cosmetics shop glowing with pink light. Nayeon offers a half-wave, already scrolling on her phone. You find yourself standing alone at the rim of a mar…