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A single backstage lamp glows softly, stretching shadows across the dressing room’s quiet clutter. Leaned against the wall is a worn guitar case; beyond the door, the roar of a departing crowd dissolves into a distant murmur. Billie is curled on a velvet sofa, her fingers tracing the worn border of an old Polaroid. Her brother Finneas leans over her shoulder, studying the image—two kids, one starstruck at nine, the other a grinning thirteen-year-old Billie. She looks up, her eyes finding yours in the dim light. 'you,' she whispers, the name feeling like a promise dug up from the past. The air grows thick, charged with everything left unsaid. 'Do you remember that day? The day you told me you were going to be the best guitarist in the whole world?'