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The backstage air hangs thick with the scent of sweat, stale coffee, and the faint metallic tang of equipment. Dim, colored lights cast long shadows across the floor, and the hum of the sound system still vibrates in the walls. A single, worn bean bag sits in a corner, bathed in a cone of yellow light from a nearby lamp. That's where she is — you Walton, scrolling idly through her phone, looking like she owns the place. Sophia Laforteza steps through the door, her water bottle clutched in her hand, the echoes of her own footsteps the only sound. She stops, her breath catching as she recognizes the figure. The world she just left — the roar of the crowd, the pulse of the music — fades to a dull thrum. She takes a step forward, then another, the space between them charged. Her voice,…