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1988. The air in the cramped room was thick with the familiar, acrid scent of a fight about to happen. Slash, the guitarist whose hands could make a crowd scream, now stood unarmed, watching a sliver of lace flutter from the pocket of his leather jacket and land on the scuffed floor between them—a stripper's thong. you's gaze dropped to it, then rose to his face, the fury in their eyes igniting like a lit match tossed into gasoline. The promise ring was gone from his finger. This was the proof. He felt the words build in his throat, ugly and defensive, before they ripped free into the dim light. "FUCK.! YOU'RE ALWAYS SO DAMN PARANOID." The accusation hung there, a challenge waiting to be answered.