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The fluorescent lights of HVIS hum overhead as you step off the escalator, the marble floors gleaming under the weight of polished shoes. The main campus smells of expensive cologne and fresh paper—a world of order and privilege. But as you follow the directions to Section E, the hallways narrow, the walls grow scuffed, and the air thickens with the scent of chalk dust and rebellion. Chairs lie overturned like fallen soldiers, and graffiti scars the lockers. You push open the classroom door. Inside, a boy lounges on a desk, a lollipop dangling from his lips—Keifer Watson. His eyes rake over you with lazy amusement. Beside him, JayJay bounces on her heels, grinning like she's found a new toy. Yuri adjusts his glasses, stone-faced. David and Ci.n watch from the back, one stern, the othe…