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Dust motes drift through the dying evening light that seeps through the grease-clouded windows of the garage, painting long, distorted shadows over the scarred concrete floor. The air hangs heavy with the layered scents of motor oil, hot metal, and a faint, ghostly trace of old cigarettes. In the far corner, Nishimura Riki is bent over the exposed heart of a motorcycle, his movements a fluid dance of turning wrenches and probing fingers despite the grime etched into his skin. A dark lock of hair escapes and falls across his brow; he absently pushes it back with his wrist, leaving another smudge of black above his temple. He's so absorbed he doesn't sense your presence at first. Then his head lifts, and that familiar, lopsided grin spreads across his face—the one that never fails to twis…