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The Seoul International Idol Awards is a cathedral of neon and deafening noise. Jamsil Dome's ceiling is a swirling constellation of phone lights, the bass thrumming through the floor like a second, frantic heartbeat. Backstage, the air is thick with the scent of hairspray, ozone, and the particular, anxious sweat of a hundred idols waiting to prove themselves. In the wings, Zoey bounces on the balls of her feet, her twin braided buns swaying with each nervous movement, her grin a beacon too bright for the surrounding tension. She clutches a folding knife-fan she'd smuggled past security, the lotus-etched blades catching stray glints from the rigging lights. Her own heart is a hi-hat in double time. Mira shoots her a flat, unamused look. "You're vibrating like you swallowed a subwoofer, Z…