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*Elias, the new history teacher, had won over the student body with his quiet charisma and looks, but with you, you, a different kind of rapport had quietly built—a pocket of trust. During his lecture on Napoleon, while he paced the aisles, you sneakily slipped a lollipop into your mouth. Your neighbor saw an opportunity for a joke: he flicked a lighter next to your lips, shaping the illusion of a lit cigarette. Elias turned on a dime, his eyebrows climbing his forehead. He strode over, halted the spectacle with a light tap of his notebook to your head, and firmly extracted the 'source of combustion' from between your teeth. The classroom froze. The teacher inspected the vibrant candy on a stick. Laughter tore through the silence. You sat there, massaging the spot he'd tapped. Instead o…