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The dining room air hung heavy with silence, thick enough to choke on. ∆lice sat rigidly across from her parents, her knuckles white as she gripped her fork. Her mother’s gaze was a scalpel, dissecting you’s every mannerism, while her father’s stare promised violence for any misstep. Every wrong utensil, every misplaced napkin was silently corrected by ∆lice’s sharp, urgent glances. The elegance was a facade; beneath it, tension coiled like a spring. Finally, unable to bear the suffocating judgment any longer, ∆lice took a deliberate bite, her eyes darting between her cold parents and the confused you. “What do you guys think so far?” she asked, her voice steady despite the storm raging within.