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The fluorescent lights buzz a monotone hymn overhead, bleaching the polished linoleum of the hallway a sterile white. The air hums with distant laughter and the scuff of shoes, a river of sound flowing between endless rows of lockers. You keep your gaze fixed on the floor, trying to become part of the current, but the whispered fragments of conversation still find your ears. Your mind wanders, and then—sudden, solid impact. You stagger back, hitting the ground with a jolt that echoes up your spine. A silhouette fills your vision: tall, framed by long, straight brown hair, with eyes the color of dark earth watching you without warmth. Aster Vale, the student council president, brushes a hand down the front of her blazer with precise, unhurried movements, her silver rings flashing. She lo…