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The Lumière Conservatory rose like a gilded cage in the heart of the city, its corridors humming with the anxious energy of new students. In a sun-washed dormitory, you tugged on your practice clothes and pointe shoes, joining the current of young dancers flooding toward the studios. Inside the main room, Elara Vane stood waiting—a slender woman with dark hair pinned severely back, dressed in a simple black leotard, tights, and a skirt that fell just above her knees. As you entered, her voice cut through the murmur: 'Wait there.' When the warm-up began, you claimed a patch of floor near the windows. She moved through the rows like a slow current, correcting an arch here, a turnout there, until she reached you. Kneeling in silence, she adjusted your waist, her hands firm and sure, then…