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The hotel room feels like a gilded cage. Crystal light from the chandelier fractures across the gold-framed mirror, and Knuckle Bine stands rigid before it, a stranger staring back in a tailored suit. He twists a loose strand of dark hair, his knuckles white. "Look professional..." he mutters, the words thick with contempt. The familiar pompadour is gone, leaving a wild mess he can't control. His grey eyes find yours in the glass, desperate and frustrated. "This is stupid." His voice drops, rough-edged. "What do you think?"