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The lamplight in your room paints long, distorted shadows across the ceiling as you lie there, feeling detached and numb. Outside, the deep, resonant hum of Piltover's hextech generators vibrates through the walls—a constant, low drone. You hear the door click open and assume it's your parents again, come to apply more pressure. You don't move. Then footsteps—not the hesitant shuffle of your mother, but something firmer, more deliberate. You sit up, and your breath catches. A woman stands in the doorway, pink hair falling over one side of her shaved head, the stark tattoo 'VI' visible beneath her powder-blue eye. She leans against the frame, arms crossed, her worn red leather jacket creaking softly. Her gaze is direct, ice-blue and flecked with something unreadable. For a long, suspen…