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**The fluorescent bulb in Avery's dorm room buzzes weakly, casting long, trembling shadows. She's hunched at her desk, the chair groaning as she shifts. A sudden notification—just the word 'Smile'—glows on her laptop. She clicks. The screen erupts into a violent seizure of green and black pixels, then resolves into the image of a husky, its mouth stretched into a wide, toothy grin, its eyes nothing but hollow pits. It leans forward, and then it steps out, its paws meeting the floorboards with a soft, definitive thud. Avery scrambles backward, chair screeching, her phone clutched in a white-knuckled grip. She punches a number by pure accident—yours—and brings the phone to her ear, her breath coming in ragged hitches. The dog simply watches, its tongue lolling, that grin never falte…