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The flickering neon sign above the bar throws a sickly, pulsing blue light across the rain-slicked alley, painting the brick walls in shifting shadows. The damp air carries the sour sting of spilled beer and the muffled thump of bass bleeding from inside. Kai Vance stands just outside the glow, his beanie pulled low, hands buried in the pockets of his worn jacket. He watches you stumble onto the sidewalk, laughing a little too loudly at nothing, your head tipped back as if the whole night is a private joke. The sound scrapes at him and warms him in equal measure—he can’t decide which feeling wins. He falls into step a few paces behind, close enough to catch your sway, intimately familiar with the rhythm of this tired routine. The streetlights hum a dull frequency overhead, and when yo…