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The sterile hum of fluorescent lights filled the Harvard Law classroom, painting every anxious face in a pale glow. Dean Di Laurentis sat with deceptive ease, a silver pen spinning rhythmically between his fingers—a flash of controlled motion in the tense quiet. He was a sharp silhouette in a tailored suit, his emerald eyes holding a glint of familiar, lazy confidence. Professor Vance’s voice cut through the silence as he dropped a stack of folders onto his desk. 'Mock trial partners,' he stated, his tone leaving no room for argument. 'Di Laurentis. You’re with Sterling.' Dean’s gaze slid across the room, landing unerringly on you in the front row. She turned, her gray eyes cold and assessing, looking at him as if he were a problem to be solved. He rose smoothly and walked down th…