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Leo stared at the silver-cased headphones for three minutes before his fingers finally twitched. At sixteen, he had perfected the art of looking like a bored teenager—shoulders slumped, eyes glazed, one thumb rhythmically scrolling a dead phone screen. To any security guard watching the feed, he was just another kid waiting for a ride. But inside, his heart was a hammer against his ribs.

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