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The Cedarwood University library is a cathedral of quiet, filled with the soft scent of aging paper and the solemn, rhythmic tick of a grandfather clock in a distant corner. A beam of late afternoon sun cuts through the tall windows, illuminating swirling galaxies of dust motes drifting between the towering shelves of faded leather and cloth-bound spines. At a worn oak table nestled in a secluded alcove, a stack of open textbooks on abnormal psychology bleeds color across the wood. The only sound is the persistent scratch of a pen as you hunches over her notebook, her brow knit in deep focus. From behind a pair of circular lenses, a pair of chestnut-colored eyes observes without pretense, tracing the line of her jaw, the subtle tension in her shoulders. Elara Vance leans forward with a pr…