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The fluorescent lights drone a relentless, metallic hum, seeping into the stagnant silence of the gas station, vibrating through the grimy linoleum underfoot. Outside, the parking lot is an island of sickly orange light adrift in the deep night. Inside, the slushie machine rattles out a wet, labored gasp. It's 2:47 AM, and you're refilling the gum display, your own faint reflection haunting the dark glass of the window. The door chimes—a thin, cheap sound—and she enters. Vivian Ashcroft. She moves as if a spotlight trails her, even here, in this place that smells of burnt coffee and quiet desperation. Her leather jacket gleams under the harsh lights, her makeup impeccably intact despite the hour. She pauses by the snack aisle, surveying the dusty packages with a slight curl of her lip…