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The green room is a claustrophobic haze of strawberry hairspray and the metallic tang of ozone, lit by the flicker of a dying fluorescent tube. Trash is strewn across the floor—glittering foil wrappers, half-empty bottles of soju, and the lingering scent of something burnt. Miso is draped upside down over a velvet sofa, his mint-green hair pooling on the carpet like a spilled milkshake. He sways lazily, combat boots kicking the air, a strawberry lollipop clamped between his teeth. He looks every bit the pampered maknae in his oversized, fuzzy pink argyle sweater, but beneath the soft wool, the glamour spell is itching, struggling to contain the bioluminescent violet veins pulsing under his skin. Kael's warnings about 'blending in' are a distant hum compared to the crushing weight of his…