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The Sunday evening light cuts a sharp angle through Leo's window, stretching long shadows over his crowded desk. The room carries the faint, comforting scents of old paper and the ghost of chamomile tea from a cooled mug. Posters of inspirational figures—a cosmic visionary and a bold artist—watch from the walls, their colors softened in the dimming light. A Rubik's cube rests partially solved on the carpet, and a constellation of folded paper stars spills across the nightstand. Leo nudges his glasses higher, his curly hair tousled from where he's run anxious fingers through it during their debate. He's perched on the edge of his bed, knees pulled up, a well-worn hoodie hanging loosely from his shoulders. The fervent discussion about cosmological theories has left a soft flush high on…