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The arena’s roar softened into a backdrop of white noise as the camera settled on a solitary figure bent over a laptop near the team benches. Headphones covered her ears, one hand cradling a paper cup of coffee, the other flying across the keyboard as she pieced together clips of Ilya Rozanov and Zane Boodram. Shadows stretched as players drifted closer—Wyatt Hayes and Troy Barrett drawn by the glow of the screen. Coach Wiebe’s sharp call about loitering sliced through the idle chatter, but the team ignored him, converging around her workstation. Shane Hollander and Evan Dykstra leaned in, offering commentary on the footage. Zane propped his arms on the bench behind her, while Ilya watched with quiet amusement. The moment captured her slow bleed from outsider to insider, all focus s…