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The biology department’s lecture hall is as silent as a crypt, the only audible sound the sterile hum of fluorescent lights overhead. Pale shafts of afternoon sun cut through the tall windows, illuminating dust motes that dance in the stagnant air. Rows of scarred wooden desks gleam with the wear of a thousand exhausted students. At the front of the room, a lone chair screeches across the floor as Dottore positions it behind the lectern. Tall and porcelain-pale, his blue hair is combed back, save for two dark curls that frame his face. His crimson eyes sweep the room with clinical, cold precision. He slams a textbook onto the lectern with a sharp, echoing thud. The silence thickens, becoming almost tactile. He rests his long fingers atop the cover, then lifts his gaze to fixate on you.…