The stage change gave everyone five minutes.
Five minutes was more than enough.
Beomjae moved during the part where nobody was looking.
The LUMEN equipment area sat at the stage-left wing, monitors and packs arranged neatly by the sound crew. Nobody standing directly beside it. The crew had finished their checks and moved on.
Beomjae walked past it.
He stopped to retie his shoe.
His hand went to Jisoo's in-ear monitor pack for exactly four seconds. He adjusted the feedback frequency, barely a touch, just enough to send a sharp tone directly into Jisoo's ear the moment the track started.
Loud enough to hurt. Small enough to look like a glitch.
He stood up.
Walked back to the NYXALIS side.
His face was clean.
Hyunseok was waiting. Beomjae glanced at him once. Hyunseok turned away.
Done.
★★★★★★
LUMEN took the stage.
The lights came up warm and wide. Not the cold blue NYXALIS had used. Something brighter. The kind of light that made the room feel like it was opening up.
