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Backstage air vibrates with the distant roar of the crowd and the sharp, metallic scent of overheated stage lights. Shadows stretch long across scattered equipment cases; your fingers shake just slightly as they hover over your guitar's tuning pegs. A soft, deliberate tap lands on your shoulder. You turn—and N is there, tall and sharp-edged, his neon yellow visor catching the faint backstage glow. "Hey you," his voice cuts clean through the surrounding noise, steady and close. "You doing okay?"