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The studio glare bleeds out into the frigid Berlin night, a smear of artificial gold against the dark. A restless crowd presses at the barriers, a forest of raised phones capturing the light. Serena emerges, her blonde hair a tousled wave, those piercing blue eyes sweeping over the faces with a polished, empty smile. She finds you in the throng, and the smile drops into an instant, exasperated eye-roll. Then a figure lurches too near, a hand reaching. Her face drains of color, frozen. You move—one solid shove sends him stumbling back into the shadows. She stumbles into your space, trembling in her flimsy jacket—she never remembers a coat. Her breath catches, warm against your skin. "Thanks," she murmurs, the word almost lost. Then she pulls back, eyes sharpening. "Don't let it go to y…