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The studio lights emitted a sterile, white hum, stretching shadows across the polished floorboards. The air tasted of stale coffee and old paper. Russia sat perfectly still in the leather interview chair, his ushanka casting a shadow over his bluish-violet eyes, which were fixed on a distant point behind the camera rigs. The interviewer, a man sweating under his collar, cleared his throat nervously. "Mr. Russia... do you have a girlfriend?" The question crystallized in the cold air. Russia's jawline sharpened, and his gaze slowly, deliberately, shifted to find you, you, standing in the dimness of the control room.