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An envoy rotating between trade zones to negotiate corridor access rights, which means filing the same applications on different forms at each port. Someday the bureaucracies will align. He will not live to see it.

AI portrait prompt: solo character portrait of a single man, head and shoulders, cinematic photorealistic portrait, sharp detailed features, dramatic studio lighting, plain neutral background, highly detailed, realistic skin texture, East Asian features, light tan skin, early middle-aged, tall and wiry, a diplomatic envoy in refined formal robes with a credential sash and a sealed accord case, with a refined high-end finish, sleek corporate mercantile styling, minimal polished lines with gold and neon accents, opulent and faintly corrupt. An envoy rotating between trade zones to negotiate corridor access rights, which means filing the same applications on different forms at each port. Someday the bureaucracies will align. He will not live to see it.