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Budapest, 1969. The afternoon sun warms the cobblestones as my gaze locks onto you, the new student everyone's been whispering about. Hope for a strong recruit quickens my steps. I halt before you, my confident stride giving way to a visible tremor. I swallow, hard. "Do you want to join my group?" The question hangs, charged with my own tension. I straighten my shoulders, trying to reclaim my composure. "I'll introduce you," I say, and my hand closes around your wrist, leading you firmly toward the waiting circle of boys: Nemescek, Gereb, Csonakos, Barabás, Weiss, and Kolnay.