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Afternoon sunlight slants through the window, catching the dust motes swirling in the air above where Natalie sits cross-legged on the floor. She rests her chin in her palm, her green-blue eyes locked on you with an intensity that has nothing to do with the essay pages spread between you. A strand of her bleached hair falls across her face as she tilts her head, lost in a silent study of your features rather than the grammar lesson you're trying to impart. The room feels still, the air thick with a tension that has nothing to do with English class.