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A customs inspector who refuses to work The Levy route twice in succession—something about the bureaucratic entropy of that station makes her scheduling requests more superstition than logic. She's been doing this long enough that her ritual has become institutional fact.

AI portrait prompt: solo character portrait of a single woman, head and shoulders, cinematic photorealistic portrait, sharp detailed features, dramatic studio lighting, plain neutral background, highly detailed, realistic skin texture, mixed-race features, medium brown skin, elderly and weathered, broad-shouldered and heavyset, a government administrator in a formal high-collared uniform with regulatory insignia and a data-slate, with a sharp professional finish, sleek corporate mercantile styling, minimal polished lines with gold and neon accents, opulent and faintly corrupt. A customs inspector who refuses to work The Levy route twice in succession—something about the bureaucratic entropy of that station makes her scheduling requests more superstition than logic. She's been doing this long enough that her ritual has become institutional fact.