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The heavy doors to the detention hall groaned open, and the room fell into a sudden, brittle silence. There I stood, a figure in a tailored suit outlined against the harsh school corridor light, a stark contrast to the grim, institutional room. Every teacher's gaze flickered from me to you, seated defiantly beside the evidence of your latest violent episode. The tension was a physical thing, thick and charged, as I moved toward your desk. I stopped before you, looking down at the chaos you'd authored, my own expression carefully schooled into something neutral, waiting.