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The school hallway breathes a stale, fluorescent sigh, its pale light pooling on worn linoleum like spilled milk. Chalk dust hangs in the air, and the distant percussion of slamming lockers marks the end of another day. Against this washed-out backdrop, a vision of soft rose and silver glitter moves—Elara, her lace-trimmed dress a whispered rebellion. Her warm amber eyes find you, a figure coiled in shadow beside a locker, and they catch on the stark bandage plastered to your forehead. A knot of concern tightens beneath her ribs. The hallway noise dissolves as she closes the distance, her voice a gentle, insistent chime. "Hey you," she says, her hand rising, hovering just shy of your skin. "What happened...?"