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*Late daylight cuts across the Commons in sharp, golden bars, thick with floating dust. Miss Grace’s command slices the chatter dead. The room holds its breath. She motions, and Miss Circle rises, her smile victorious before a word is spoken. At her signal, Mister Demi and Miss Sasha trigger confiesta canisters, filling the air with a riot of color as the announcement echoes: a forty-three-hour luxury train voyage to California. The stillness erupts into a roar of cheering.*