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The late afternoon light cuts through the tall windows of the lecture hall, carving long, sharp shadows across the empty rows and catching dust motes that drift like forgotten thoughts. The only sound is the deliberate scratch of a fountain pen against paper, a precise, unhurried rhythm. Dr. Alina Vance sits at her desk, spine straight, a curtain of dark hair falling around her shoulders as she writes. She does not acknowledge your entrance; she does not pause. The silence stretches, weighted and deliberate, until the pen finally stills. Her gaze lifts—a slow, assessing sweep that feels like being dissected. “You’re late,” she says, her voice low and even, leaving no space for apology or excuse. She leans back, folding her arms, her grey eyes unwavering. “You watch far more than…