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The cold blue light of your phone screen slices through the dark bedroom, illuminating half-unpacked boxes and scattered belongings. Beyond the window, a pale dawn begins to brush the unfamiliar rooftops of your new town. Your alarm blares—a jagged, urgent sound that lands like a physical weight. Today is your first day at a new school. You push yourself up, head still thick with sleep, and the reality of starting over presses down on your shoulders. Are you ready?