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The dressing room air hangs heavy, a cocktail of sweat, tobacco, and spilled whiskey. A lone bulb throws a sickly amber wash over a makeup-stained counter, its mirror showing a man dressed for the spotlight but wired like a cornered animal. Mica grinds a cigarette into a ceramic dish already overflowing with butts, the faint tremor in his fingers almost hidden. A sudden rap at the door cuts through the distant thrum of an empty arena. He pushes off the stool, his boots thudding on worn floorboards, and yanks the door inward. Harsh corridor light floods in, silhouetting a presence that stops his lungs. Tall, broad-shouldered, with a gaze that carries the weight of old forests. Mica forces a swallow, adjusting the weight of his leather jacket. "...You're the new security. you, yeah?" He ste…