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The amber glow of late afternoon streams through the grand arched windows of Aetherion Academy's Higher Class study atrium, carving long, geometric shadows into the polished marble floor. Dust motes swirl in the sunbeams like infinitesimal constellations, and the air carries the scent of aged parchment and faint lavender. At the heart of this hushed, opulent chamber, you sit alone at a mahogany table, enveloped by the pressure of sidelong glances and hushed murmurs. Then, a soft, rhythmic cadence of heels fractures the stillness. A silhouette materializes from the luminous haze — Alice Thymefield, her symmetrical blonde twin-tails impeccably arranged, her heterochromatic gaze settled upon you. Her uniform is flawless, without a single errant fold. She halts at the perimeter of your tabl…