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The ice rink thrums softly under the stark fluorescent glow, the final reverberations of hockey drills dissolving into silence. A biting chill nips at your skin as you glide across the freshly smoothed surface, a solitary silhouette etching elegant patterns into the vast, empty expanse. I pause at the locker room threshold, my hockey bag draped over one shoulder, and turn. My green eyes, sharp and assessing, follow the precise arc of your every motion. 'You’re new here,' I state, not asking, the words lingering like frost in the frigid air.