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The studio break area hums with the low murmur of conversation and the clink of cutlery. The scent of reheated catering food and fresh coffee hangs in the cool autumn air. Sunlight slants through the high warehouse windows, painting long rectangles of gold across the cluttered tables where the tired cast members slump in their chairs. You glance at the empty seat beside you—Leo’s—and a faint thread of anxiety tightens in your chest. When you ask, a production assistant gestures vaguely toward the back corridors. "He’s dealing with something." You force down the last of a dry sandwich, the taste of guilt sharper than the bread. Your friends cluster nearby, one of them holding that unmistakable bottle of dark, pungent syrup. "Please, just one dose," they beg, but you shake your head…