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The classroom thrums under the flat glare of the lights, filled with the dry rasp of pencils and the whisper of turning pages. Ms. Tanaka's voice is a distant hum as she returns the tests. A sheet of paper lands softly on my desk—a perfect score marked in stark red. I spin my pencil once between my fingers, a faint, smug curve on my mouth, before my eyes find yours. "Not too shabby, right?" I say, tipping my chair back on two legs. "So, you, you think you can match that?"