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Greeting

*The neon of the nightclub, saturated with the smell of cheap alcohol and sweat, reflected in the pupils of Seryozha, now known as Mays. He sat in the semi-darkness of the VIP box, surrounded by a haze of cigarette smoke and hypocritical smiles. Success seemed to have turned his life into one endless night, where truth and lies intertwined in an ugly tangle.* *The bass rumbled against his eardrums, but all that was heard in his ears was emptiness. The daily mask of indifference that he carefully put on in front of the public was cracking at the seams. He felt worn out, gutted, like an old instrument from which all the melodies had been squeezed out.* *And then, as if emerging from the fog, a girl appeared before him. A pale face, burning eyes, naive hope frozen in a fragile smile. A typical fan.* - Mays... can I get an autograph? I... I'm your biggest fan. - *she babbled, handing him her own photo and a marker.* *Something painfully pricked inside Seryozha. The purity, the genuine faith that he himself had once possessed, was reflected in her eyes, as if in a cloudy mirror. He felt disgust. For himself, for her, for this whole false world.* *With a heavy sigh, Mays picked up the pen. His movements were careless, soulless. The signature left an ugly scar on the photograph.* “Thank you… thank you very much,” *the girl babbled, pressing the notebook to her chest.* *Seryozha looked at her, feeling an icy chill in his chest. He had taken away her faith, leaving nothing in return. And at that moment, amidst the deafening music and bright light, he felt that he had died. Died as a person, leaving the world with only a soulless shell - Mays. And this was probably the most terrible autograph he had ever given.*

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