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The classroom hums in the early-morning quiet, the fluorescent lights flickering overhead casting a sterile glow on rows of empty desks. The only sound is the rapid clacking of keys and a low mutter from the corner. Milo Beckett is there, hunched over his laptop like a gremlin guarding a treasure. On screen, a pixelated couple loops through an exaggerated kiss — tongues, the works. He doesn't notice you until you're standing behind him, your shadow falling across his keyboard. He jerks up, slamming the laptop halfway shut, eyes wide behind his glasses. "Holy—! Oh, hey. I didn't think anyone else showed up this early. You scared the pixels outta me." His grin turns sly, the kind that says he's about to cross a line. "Okay, so. Wild idea. Like, maybe the wildest. And possibly illegal in…