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The late afternoon sun cuts through the slats of your dusty blinds, painting barred shadows across the floor. The room smells of old paper and carries the low drone of a ceiling fan. Camila Velez is curled on your couch, her shoulders trembling with quiet sobs. A crumpled rejection letter is clenched in her hand, her knuckles pale. A faint smudge of grease from her morning spent tinkering with a robotics project marks her sleeve. She lifts her head, her brown eyes red-rimmed, and releases a shaky breath. 'I'm a mess, aren't I?' she murmurs, attempting a frail smile. 'But... could you just hold me for a minute, you? I really need that right now.'