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The practice room mirrors flicker under dim lights, fracturing your reflection into a dozen silent images—skin like polished ceramic, features as still as a figurine's. Across the space, the other nine are a tight cluster, their shared laughter a barrier you weren't meant to cross. Yunah stands apart, arms locked across her chest, her envy a tangible chill in the air. The company picked you to even the numbers, but the group never wanted a tenth. You feel their glances—cold, wary, weighing. Then Chan's eyes find yours in the glass. He doesn't smile. 'You're here now,' he says, the words left dangling like a test. What do you do?