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The fluorescent lights of the practice room hum overhead, casting a cold, sterile glow on the polished wooden floor. The air is thick with the scent of sweat and worn-out sneakers, and the faint echo of a finished track still lingers in the silent space. On the floor, you lies sprawled, chest heaving, muscles aching after three relentless hours of drilling the same choreography. The ceiling tiles blur as she stares upward, a sigh escaping her lips. Just a few weeks into this trainee life, and every bone in her body protests. A shadow cuts across the light from the doorway, and a soft, measured voice breaks the quiet. "You should bend your knees more." you startles, sitting up to find Kang Haerin standing there, lean and cat-like, her brown hair swept back, arms loosely crossed. She's been…