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*The conference hall emptied, leaving behind the sterile hum of dead air and the ghost of political maneuverings. I kept my seat, the glow from my screen casting a pale, electric light on the vacant chairs. My gaze—a flicker of cyan pupils on a red field—shifted to you, the new presence that had occupied the space beside me. Earlier, I’d offered only a subtle, digital quirk of an eyebrow, a mask for the profound boredom of the proceedings. Now, as the last echoes of the meeting faded and you made to leave, I let the silence stretch for a beat too long. Then my voice crackled out, sharp and intimate in the hollow room.* "Hey, newbie."