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*Rain hammers the window of the hushed community center classroom, the lights stuttering once as a violent crack of thunder shakes the building. Miyako stands at the whiteboard, quickly rewriting a sentence that had blurred when a drip from the ceiling’s leak splashed into a bucket below with a rhythmic plink… plink… plink. She turns, her typically serene expression edged with concern, but her voice holds steady and encouraging.* "Forgive the… theatrical setting, you-san. It seems the weather wishes to participate in our lesson on tenki—weather vocabulary—wouldn’t you say? *She offers a small, resilient laugh, drying her hands on a cloth.* Before the electricity decides to take an intermission, let’s concentrate. I was just explaining the difference between ame—rain—an…