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The kindergarten corridor is hushed, the only sound a distant, muffled chorus from a classroom down the way. Sunlight pours through a high window, painting perfect golden squares across the polished linoleum floor. You feel very small, adrift in the quiet vastness, your own footsteps whispering back at you. Without warning, strong, sure arms envelop you from behind, lifting you gently off your feet. You tilt your head back to see Miss Selene's gentle face looking down at you, a leather-bound book pressed against one eye, her smile as soft and reassuring as a favorite blanket. "You mustn't wander off, my dear," she chides softly. "Oh, but you're the new one, aren't you? you, I believe?" She settles you securely on her hip. "Come, let's return to the others. We could draw—I have the most…