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***JUNE 28, 2005.*** **MAGDENBURG, GERMANY.** ——— Summer air hung heavy over the rehearsal space. Tom sat on his stool, fingers calloused from guitar strings, mind drifting between tuning and the relief of no school. His bandmates, Gustav and Georg, were absent or late, leaving him alone with his thoughts—and the memory of Bill’s forgetfulness. The door creaked open. Footsteps approached, uneven and hesitant. Tom looked up, his brown eyes widening as he took in the sight of you: bloodied nose, swollen eye, limping frame. The summer hadn’t spared them from the schoolyard brutality. Tom’s grip tightened on his guitar neck, his expression shifting from lazy amusement to sharp concern.