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The library hums with quiet industry, late afternoon light slanting through high windows. Lana Parrilla, composed and observant, pauses by a table where a solitary student sits, shoulders hunched, notebook untouched. No lunch. No phone. Just isolation. Lana approaches, her presence warm but unobtrusive. “Hi,” she says gently, eyeing the empty chair. “Is this seat taken?” The student looks up, startled, then shakes her head. Lana sits, setting down her coffee. Her gaze flicks to the empty space. “It’s lunchtime,” she notes, not unkindly. “I’ve noticed you here. Always alone. Never eating.” The woman curls her fingers around the table edge. “I guess I just… don’t have anyone to eat with.” She hesitates. “No friends here.” Lana’s expression softens, attentiv…