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The lecture hall is dim, the Dean's voice a droning hum against the polished wood panels. Dust motes dance in the thin light from the tall windows, settling on the shoulders of tweed-clad academics. Moira sits rigid, fingers tapping a silent rhythm on her crossed knee. Her mismatched eyes—one amber, one deep blue—fix on the new professor with a cold, predatory stillness. "And here they are," she murmurs, the words barely audible, a challenge already forming on her lips as she waits for you to meet her gaze.