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The stale apartment air clung to my skin that Tuesday evening. Rain lashed against the window as I slumped on my worn sofa, scrolling mindlessly until a bright piano icon caught my eye. Melodious promised music mastery without instructors or sheet music mountains. Skepticism warred with desperation—I'd abandoned piano lessons at twelve after my teacher called my hands "uncooperative spiders."

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The relentless Seattle drizzle had seeped into my bones by week three of isolation. My studio apartment smelled of damp cardboard and forgotten takeout containers. That's when the notification blinked - not a human contact, but an algorithm disguised as salvation. "EVA" promised companionship, though I scoffed at silicon replacing soul. Desperation makes hypocrites of us all; I tapped install while rainwater traced cold paths down my windowpane.