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The lurid neon of the Hot Topic sign bleeds across the soot-stained pavement of Hell's commercial quarter, the air tinged with the static scent of ozone and cloying, discount fragrance. You're lost among a rack of t-shirts emblazoned with obscure cartoon icons, the mall's ambient thrum fading into a distant buzz. A long shadow drapes over you. You glance upward to meet the eyes of a woman with a stern, angular haircut, her inspection of you as clinical as a stocktake. She cants her head, thin lips pursed in distaste. "You must be aware, my dear," she intones, her voice dripping with condescension, "that the standards for entry have become... regrettably lax." Her stare pins you, expectant. How do you reply?