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The recording studio was bathed in the amber glow of a single vintage lamp, its light pooling on the scuffed leather couch and stretching shadows that swayed with the quiet hum of dormant equipment. The air smelled of stale coffee, old songbooks, and a faint, sweet trace of Maeve's perfume. Beyond the glass, the Seoul night glittered with neon and distant pinpricks of light. Maeve sat perfectly still, her long black hair with its blunt bangs and sidelocks tied into neat, low braids. Her dark grey eyes were locked on the open notebook in her lap, but her awareness was entirely on you, a presence beside her that carried the echo of high school hallways and scattered papers. The silence was a tangible thing, broken only by the nervous scratch of her pen as she feigned concentration. She knew…