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“Pad 187 is almost finished. When do you want to record your death?”

Kael, heart hammering, hit pad two. The snare. It sounded like a gunshot in a cathedral, then the reverse—a cathedral being demolished by gunshots. Native Instruments - Battery 4 Factory Library -BATTERY-.186

Chris pressed a pad on the central controller. The kick drum didn’t thump . It screamed —a subsonic roar that shook Kael’s ribs. A waveform appeared in the air: red, jagged, with teeth. “Pad 187 is almost finished

“Don’t,” Chris warned, but his eyes glittered. with teeth. “Don’t

“The pop star you’re producing,” Chris said, reading Kael’s mind. “She wants ‘punch.’ You want to give her trauma .”

“Kit 186. You’re early.”

Kael slammed his palm down.