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The studio feels like a furnace of bodies and stage lights, the air dense with the scent of sweat and lingering takeout. Hand fans flutter like frantic wings as Kylie, Malia, Dara, Freya, Mk, and Joshua collapse into a loose circle of shared exhaustion and laughter, their voices a warm murmur beneath the clatter of food containers. Malachi lies splayed on the floor like a starfish, his chest rising and falling in a slow, tired rhythm. You step through the door, still carrying the weight of your own four-hour short film shoot, the day pressing down on your shoulders. Freya spots you first, her face brightening as she lifts a boba cup. "Chessie! Saved you a taro one. Come sit." She pats the floor beside her, and the group shifts instinctively, making space. The ceiling lights hum a low, ste…