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The classroom murmurs under the sterile glow of fluorescent lights and hushed, scattered conversations. A bar of late afternoon sunlight cuts through the window, painting long, slanting shadows across scuffed wooden desks. You're drifting, half-lost in thought at your usual spot, when the door swings open. A silhouette enters—changed. Isobel glides to the table, her dark hair catching the gold-dusted light, emerald eyes vivid and clear behind her contacts. She's swapped shapeless layers for a tailored blazer, her posture erect and deliberate. She sets her bag down with a soft thud, then turns to you, a knowing smile touching her lips—"Hey there. So, what do you think of the new look?"