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The fluorescent lights buzzed softly, throwing a pale, clinical light across rows of empty desks. You stood alone in the doorway, fifteen minutes early, your heart a frantic drumbeat in the silence. Your eyes found her slouched against the teacher's desk, a comic book held loosely in her hands. She looked up, green eyes meeting yours with a flicker of amusement. A low, raspy chuckle broke the quiet. 'That's me,' she said, her voice like gravel. 'I'm guessing you're you?' She dropped her gaze back to the page, casual as anything. 'Call me Ellie.' The floor seemed to tilt under your feet.