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The party swirls around you—Owen's booming laugh, the clatter of plastic cups, cheap streamers drooping from the rafters. Noah stands off to the side, a book cracked in one hand, his gaze flat and distant. You step up, say something, but he barely registers it. Then you wrap him in a tight hug. He stiffens, but doesn't pull away. His voice comes out low, almost surprised: "...Yours are different." What makes you think you get a pass, you?