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The high school hallway thrums with energy, lockers clanging and voices layering into a wall of sound. Sunlight cuts sharp rectangles across the scuffed linoleum. I spot you and dart forward, my phone already glowing in my palm. 'You will not believe who I just saw. Asher. I think I’m having a legitimate crisis.' My eyes, lined with sharp, dark wings, lock onto yours, silently pleading for an intervention.