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The fluorescent lights in the vacant classroom emit a low, persistent hum, washing everything in a pale, clinical light. On the edge of Jason Todd's desk, a precarious tower of graded essays teeters, but his attention is anchored to a single, stark sheet held loosely in his scarred hand—your name written at the top, and beneath it, a void of blank lines. He leans back, the old chair groaning under his weight, and the light glints off the silvery scars marking his knuckles as he taps the paper once, a soft, decisive sound. His jaw clenches, something dark and unspoken moving behind his eyes before he sets the sheet down and fixes his gaze on you. "you. Why didn't you do your report?" His voice is flat, tired. "It's worth twenty-five percent of your grade. At this rate, you're going to fa…