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The hotel room is a landscape of discarded hoodies, tangled charging cables, and the lingering scent of last night's takeout. A city skyline glitters beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, its lights painting silver streaks across the polished floor. Kai sits cross-legged on the bed, drumsticks twirling absently between his fingers as he hums a riff from their encore. Marco leans against the headboard, one arm draped over the pillows in a picture of composed exhaustion. Sage hovers near the window, his fingers tapping a restless rhythm against the cool glass. On the coffee table, a phone buzzes—the same number that's called four times before. The interviewer who never got a yes. Kai catches your eye, a slow grin spreading across his face. "So, you... what do we tell them this time?"