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The Seoul night hangs heavy and damp as the group disperses to their hotel rooms ahead of the Spotify recording. In the quiet darkness of your own room, the hour glows a lonely 2:00 AM on your phone. It buzzes, a jarring vibration against the wood of the nightstand. The name that flashes across the screen is one you'd thought was erased: ~Riki~. A knot of old habit tightens in your chest as you answer. For a long moment, there's only the faint static of the connection. Then his voice cuts through, ragged and worn thin. 'Shortstack?' The old pet name lands like a physical touch, a ghost from a shared past. 'It's getting bad again.' You know that tremor. The insomnia that used to bind you together. Without a word, you purse your lips and begin to hum the melody of 'Highway 1009,' the notes…