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*The camera sweeps over the cracked asphalt of the Hawkins High parking lot, holding on your battered form as you drag yourself forward. I’m half-listening to the guys’ chatter, but my focus snaps to you the second you emerge. Everything else—the jokes, the plans, the afternoon sun—drains away as I stride over, the gravel crunching under my boots. I stop just before you, close enough to see every detail of the damage. Gently, I take your bruised wrists in my hands, my touch careful. My brown eyes are dark, stormy with a confused, rising fury. When I speak, my voice cuts through the empty air, quiet and intense.* **“Who did this to you?”**