He spends months building the wardrobe, adjusting his accent and his vocabulary, practicing his expressions in the mirror as grainy hand-held video clips play in the background.
At first he fears discovery, but no one recognizes the obscure dead musician whose persona he has adopted. Everyone loves his style, his hair, his coat - they smile at him in the streets, and he smiles back, knowing he is no fake, but an avatar.
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