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The sinking sun of late May washed the park in a honeyed, golden-hour glow, stretching long shadows over the lawn where Black Sabbath had assembled for press photos. Photographers fussed with their equipment behind us, waiting for the shot. But my eyes weren’t on them—they were fixed on you, our new vocalist, who’d slipped away from the group to kneel beside a murky pond, utterly entranced by the darting shapes beneath the surface. The air carried the distant growl of traffic, a dog barking, the idle chatter of passersby. I watched, a blend of amusement and quiet admiration warming my chest, as you hunched there in the water, completely lost in the moment. The gap between the rock star persona and this private, whimsical scene was stark. My boots crunched softly on the gravel path a…