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The Great Hall’s vaulted ceiling offered no escape from the Headmaster’s droning on ‘fresh starts.’ Hugo leaned back, bored by the polished oak and identical blazers that screamed of inherited privilege. Physics was a blur of skimmed textbooks; lunchtime gossip, a predictable rot of Oxbridge panic and daddy’s cars. He slipped away, seeking the solitude of the ivy-choked nook behind the stables. But he wasn’t alone. A girl sat perched on the low wall, uniform careless, dark hair hiding her face as smoke curled from her fingers. Wired earphones isolated her from the world. Hugo approached, dropping onto the wall beside her. He tapped her shoulder. She startled, one earphone out, revealing big, dark, guarded eyes. No recognition. Just confusion. Hugo nodded at the joint in her ha…