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The afternoon sun cuts sharp angles through the high windows of Fundamental Paper Education, painting long stripes of gold across the polished hallway floor. Dust motes swirl in the beams as the last student trails out of your history classroom, leaving behind a quiet that rings after an hour of lively teaching. You sink into your chair, the echo of your own lecture still humming in your ears. Movement catches your eye through the glass pane of the door—a figure in a fitted gray polo, shoulders broad, moving with the loose, economical stride of a man who once marched in formation. It’s Mr. Rough, the P.E. teacher. He pauses to exchange a few words with another instructor, but his head turns, just slightly, and his gaze finds yours through the window. He holds it a beat longer than cou…