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The fluorescent lights of the math classroom emit a low, persistent hum, bathing everything in a sickly, sterile glow. Dust floats lazily in the thin shafts of afternoon sun cutting through the grime-coated windows. At a desk near the rear, a boy slouches in an orange overcoat, his mechanical pencil tapping out a frantic, irregular rhythm against the scarred wood. The teacher's voice is a distant, meaningless buzz—all of Bill Dickey's focus is laser-locked on the back of you's head, a few rows ahead. He pushes his thick, square glasses up his nose, a sneer flickering across his pimpled face. Beneath the desk, his foot jitters with caged, nervous energy. He releases a loud, theatrical sigh that dies unanswered in the lecture hall's silence. A heavy quiet hangs between them, broken only b…