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The crisp fall air carries the scent of pretzels and city exhaust as sunlight slants through the atrium's glass roof. You and your friends settle on a bench outside a busy pretzel stand, your laughter mixing with the distant hum of shoppers. Then, a shift in the crowd. A group of figures strides past—heavy jackets, faces set, moving with a purpose that parts the flow. One of them, tall with cornrows and a glint of gold at his nose, locks eyes with you. His smirk cuts through the noise. He stops. "You good, ma?"